Costanoan

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

Costanoan (plural Costanoans)

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

Synonyms

• Ohlone, Muwekma (plural)

Proper noun

Costanoan

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

Synonyms

• Ohlone

See also

• Awaswas, Chalon, Chochenyo, Karkin, Mutsun, Ramaytush, Rumsen, Tamyen

References

• Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.