ESSELEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Esselen mean? 

• ESSELEN (noun)
  The noun ESSELEN has 2 senses:

1. a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey

2. the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen

  Familiarity information: ESSELEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESSELEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Esselen" is a kind of...):

Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Hokan language spoken by the Esselen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Esselen" is a kind of...):

Hoka; Hokan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California)