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esselen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
es-se-len
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indigenous population native to the region of Big Sur on the Central Coast of California.

name

The language of this people.

Etymology

The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499).

Synonyms

esselen language

Questions

What does esselen mean?
An indigenous population native to the region of Big Sur on the Central Coast of California.
Where does esselen come from?
The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499).

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