Miwok Definition

mēwŏk
miwoks
noun
A member of 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 present-day population in the same region.
American Heritage
Any of the Penutian languages of this people.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Moquelumnan

Origin of Miwok

  • Central Sierra Miwok míw•ɨ•k people

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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