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Cainamero

Cainamero noun: a Southern Pomo people who lived in the region around Santa Rosa, California.

Noun

Cainamero pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A Southern Pomo people who lived in the region around Santa Rosa, California.
    • Since there were hundreds of Cainamero and other southern Pomo residents at Mission San Rafael, Pixpixuecas/Toribio most likely persuaded the Santa Rose Cainamero that he could help them smooth things over with Vásquez del Mercado in order to prevent reprisals against the Cainamero and southern...2023, Rose Marie Beebe, Robert M. Senkewicz, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
    Synonyms:
    Cainameros

Synonyms of Cainamero

Origin of Cainamero

English adaptation from Spanish Los Gallinomeros, from Gallina (nickname for a chief, chicken, coward).

Questions about Cainamero

What does Cainamero mean?
Cainamero means a Southern Pomo people who lived in the region around Santa Rosa, California.
What part of speech is Cainamero?
Cainamero is a noun.

Words near Cainamero in the dictionary

  1. caimitillos
  2. caimito
  3. caimitos
  4. cain
  5. cain't
  6. Cainamero
  7. Cainameros
  8. cainca
  9. Caine
  10. Caines
  11. Caingal

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