noun pl. Miwok or
Mi·woks 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.
- Any of the Penutian languages of this people.
Origin:
Origin: Central Sierra Miwok míw·ɨ·k, people
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