Costanoan

English

Etymology

Costanoan is an English derivative of the Spanish word Costeños (meaning the "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.

Proper noun

Costanoan

  1. The Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
  2. The Utian (Penutian) family of languages of this people.

Synonyms

Awaswas, Chalon, Chochenyo, Karkin, Mutsun, Ramaytush, Rumsen, Tamyen.

Noun

Costanoan (plural Costanoans)

  1. A member of this people.

References

  • Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.
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