# Deschutes

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #68,990

## Definitions
1. A river in Washington, United States; in full, Deschutes River.
2. A river in Oregon, United States; in full, Deschutes River.
3. Ellipsis of Deschutes County.

## Etymology
From French des chutes (“waterfall”, literally “the falls”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/deschutes