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Salinan
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Etymology
The Salinan were named after the Salinas River by Robert Latham first in 1856, and by John Wesley Powell in 1891.
Noun
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A member of an indigenous population native to the region of the Salinas Valley, California.
Proper noun
The language of this people.
Further reading
Salinan sln
References
Hester, Thomas R. 1978. Salinan, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 8 (California). William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. 0-16-004578-9 / 0160045754, pages 500-504.
Anagrams
en aailnns La Niñas
en 3-syllable words
en Extinct languages Native American tribes