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Muwekma

Muwekma noun: ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

Noun

Muwekma pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The northern Ohlone people, as well as other Native Americans who descended from Mission Indians resident at the Santa Clara, San Jose or San Francisco Missions.

Origin of Muwekma

Muwekma is the native people's word for "the people" in the dialects of Chochenyo and Tamyen.

Questions about Muwekma

What does Muwekma mean?
Muwekma means ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
What part of speech is Muwekma?
Muwekma is a noun.

Words near Muwekma in the dictionary

  1. muwashshah
  2. muwashshahat
  3. muwashshahs
  4. Muwaḥḥid
  5. Muwaḥḥids
  6. Muwekma
  7. MUWFC
  8. mux
  9. Muxadabad
  10. muxe
  11. muxed

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