Miwok

(mēˈwŏk)

noun pl. Miwok or Mi·woks
  1. a. A Native American people formerly composed of numerous groups inhabiting central California from the Sierra Nevada foothills to the San Francisco Bay area, with a small number of present-day descendants in the same region.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. Any of the Penutian languages of this people.

Origin:

Origin: Central Sierra Miwok míw·ɨ·k, people

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