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CHIMARIKO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chimariko mean?
• CHIMARIKO (noun)
The noun CHIMARIKO has 2 senses:
1. a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California
2. the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko
Familiarity information: CHIMARIKO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Chimariko" 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 Chimariko
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chimariko" is a kind of...):
Hoka; Hokan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California)
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