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Costanoan

Costanoan noun: a member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

Noun

Costanoan (plural Costanoans)

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

Proper noun

Costanoan

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

Synonyms of Costanoan

Forms of Costanoan

pluralCostanoans

Origin of Costanoan

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.

Questions about Costanoan

What does Costanoan mean?
Costanoan means a member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
What part of speech is Costanoan?
Costanoan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Costanoan?
The plural of Costanoan is Costanoans.

Words near Costanoan in the dictionary

  1. costally
  2. costamere
  3. costameres
  4. costameric
  5. costamerogenesis
  6. Costanoan
  7. Costanoans
  8. Costantini
  9. Costantinis
  10. costapalmate
  11. costapalmately

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