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Costanoan en · NOUN

Etymology

From Spanish Costeños (“coastal people”). The Spanish explorers and Missionaries to Northern California called the native people of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas the Costeños as early as 1769.

Meanings

  1. A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

Forms

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Synonyms

Muwekma · Ohlone

Costanoan en · PROPN

Etymology

From Spanish Costeños (“coastal people”). The Spanish explorers and Missionaries to Northern California called the native people of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas the Costeños as early as 1769.

Meanings

  1. The Utian (Penutian) family of languages of this people.

Relateds

Chalon · Tamyen · Rumsen · Karkin · Chochenyo · Ramaytush · Awaswas · Mutsun

Synonyms

Ohlone