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salinan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sali-nan
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an indigenous population native to the region of the Salinas Valley, California.

name

The language of this people.

Etymology

The Salinan were named after the Salinas River by Robert Latham first in 1856, and by John Wesley Powell in 1891.

Inflected Forms

Salinans (plural)

Questions

What does salinan mean?
A member of an indigenous population native to the region of the Salinas Valley, California.
Where does salinan come from?
The Salinan were named after the Salinas River by Robert Latham first in 1856, and by John Wesley Powell in 1891.

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