name
Meaning 1
The language of this people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Esselen
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noun
Meaning 2
An indigenous population native to the region of Big Sur on the Central Coast of California.
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noun
Meaning 3
the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Hokan, Hoka
noun
Meaning 4
a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
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Broader terms: Hokan, Hoka
History
Etymology
The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499).