Costanoan

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noun

A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

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MuwekmaOhloneCostanoan language
OriginSpanish Costeños →
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Meanings

nounCostanoan (plural Costanoans)

plural Costanoans

  1. A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

    Synonyms: Muwekma

proper noun
  1. The Utian (Penutian) family of languages of this people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.

Similar
Muwekma
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Ohlone
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Ohlone

More synonyms by meaning

nouna Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan

Similar
Costanoan language
Broader
Penutian
Also see
ohlone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. SpanishCosteños“coastal people”
  2. EnglishCostanoan

From Spanish Costeños (“coastal people”). The Spanish explorers and Missionaries to Northern California called the native people of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas the Costeños as early as 1769.

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Cite this entry
APA

Costanoan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costanoan

MLA

“Costanoan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costanoan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Costanoan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costanoan.

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