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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)
- A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
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Proper noun
Costanoan
- The Utian (Penutian) family of languages of this people.
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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.