Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

costanoan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: costanoan
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

name

The Utian (Penutian) family of languages of this people.

Etymology

From Spanish Costeños (“coastal people”). The Spanish explorers and Missionaries to Northern California called the native people of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas the Costeños as early as 1769.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Costeños

Inflected Forms

Costanoans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Awaswas Chalon Chochenyo Karkin Mutsun Ramaytush Rumsen Tamyen

Synonyms

Ohlone Muwekma costanoan language

Questions

What does costanoan mean?: A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
Where does costanoan come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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