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Cupeño

Cupeño noun: the American Indian people of Southern California who formerly lived at what is now Warner Springs, California.

Noun

Cupeño pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The American Indian people of Southern California who formerly lived at what is now Warner Springs, California.

Proper noun

Cupeño

  1. Their extinct Uto-Aztecan language, which was closely related to Cahuilla.

Origin of Cupeño

Borrowed from Spanish cupeño.

Questions about Cupeño

What does Cupeño mean?
Cupeño means the American Indian people of Southern California who formerly lived at what is now Warner Springs, California.
What part of speech is Cupeño?
Cupeño can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Cupeño in the dictionary

  1. Cupertinian
  2. Cupertino
  3. Cupertino effect
  4. Cupertinos
  5. cupey
  6. Cupeño
  7. Cupeños
  8. cupferron
  9. cupflower
  10. cupflowers
  11. cupful

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