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Miwok en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmiːwɒk/ (UK)
  • /ˈmiwɑk/ (US)

Etymology

Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.

Meanings

  1. A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.
    • The Miwok pound acorns with pestles […] 1925, Kroeber, Alfred, Handbook of Indians of California, Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30)

Forms

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Miwuk alternative lexicographic
Miwok Number=Plur lexicographic
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Miwoks Number=Plur lexicographic

Miwok en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmiːwɒk/ (UK)
  • /ˈmiwɑk/ (US)

Etymology

Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language.

Meanings

  1. The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.

Forms

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Miwuk alternative lexicographic
Mewuk alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Plains Miwok · Sierra Miwok · Lake Miwok · Coast Miwok · Marin Miwok · Valley Miwok · Miwokan · Bay Miwok · Bodega Miwok