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Tongva

Tongva noun: a member of a group of Native Americans who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, thought to be descended from Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada.

Noun

Tongva (plural Tongvas or Tongva)

  1. A member of a group of Native Americans who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, thought to be descended from Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada.
    Synonyms:
    Gabrielino

Proper noun

Tongva

  1. An extinct Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken by the Tongva people.

Synonyms of Tongva

Forms of Tongva

pluralTongvas
pluralTongva

Questions about Tongva

What does Tongva mean?
Tongva means a member of a group of Native Americans who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, thought to be descended from Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada.
What part of speech is Tongva?
Tongva can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Tongva?
The plural of Tongva is Tongvas.

Words near Tongva in the dictionary

  1. tonguiest
  2. tonguiness
  3. tonguing
  4. tonguings
  5. tonguy
  6. Tongva
  7. Tongvas
  8. Tongxiang
  9. Tongxin
  10. Tongxu
  11. Tongyong Pinyin

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