Etymology

Juaneño

Today it means: A member of the Acjachemen people of California. Full definition →

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The story

So named by Spanish colonizers, following the baptism of these people at Mission San Juan Capistrano in the late 18th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.