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WINTUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Wintun mean?
• WINTUN (noun)
The noun WINTUN has 2 senses:
1. a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
2. a Copehan language spoken by the Wintun
Familiarity information: WINTUN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Wintun" is a kind of...):
Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Copehan language spoken by the Wintun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Wintun" is a kind of...):
Copehan (a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river)
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