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MIWOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Miwok mean?
• MIWOK (noun)
The noun MIWOK has 2 senses:
1. a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
2. a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok
Familiarity information: MIWOK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Miwok" is a kind of...):
Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Penutian language spoken by the Miwok
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Miwok; Moquelumnan
Hypernyms ("Miwok" is a kind of...):
Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)
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