name
Meaning 1
The Utian (Penutian) family of languages of this people.
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Standard Lemma guide
Costanoan
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noun
Meaning 2
A member of the Ohlone people, native to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas, California.
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noun
Meaning 3
a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Penutian
noun
Meaning 4
a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay
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Broader terms: Penutian
History
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.