juaneño

Questions

What does juaneño mean?

A member of the Acjachemen people of California.

Where does juaneño come from?

So named by Spanish colonizers, following the baptism of these people at Mission San Juan Capistrano in the late 18th century.

How to pronounce juaneño

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