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tongva

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
tong-va
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

name

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

Inflected Forms

Tongvas (plural)

Synonyms

Gabrielino

Questions

What does tongva mean?
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.

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