Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun Any of the Penutian languages of this people.
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- proper noun A linguistic group of
indigenous people, native to centralCalifornia . - proper noun The
Utian (Penutian ) languages spoken by these groups.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
- noun a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sea level rise combined with flooding and coastal erosion could devastate Point Reyes National Seashore, including all known archeological sites of the Coast Miwok Indians; climate change is predicted to wipe out all the Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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Sea level rise combined with flooding and coastal erosion could devastate Point Reyes National Seashore, including all known archeological sites of the Coast Miwok Indians; climate change is predicted to wipe out all the Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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Sea level rise combined with flooding and coastal erosion could devastate Point Reyes National Seashore, including all known archeological sites of the Coast Miwok Indians; climate change is predicted to wipe out all the Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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Sea level rise combined with flooding and coastal erosion could devastate Point Reyes National Seashore, including all known archeological sites of the Coast Miwok Indians; climate change is predicted to wipe out all the Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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Sea level rise combined with flooding and coastal erosion could devastate Point Reyes National Seashore, including all known archeological sites of the Coast Miwok Indians; climate change is predicted to wipe out all the Joshua Trees in Joshua Tree National Park.
Brendan Smith: Coming Now to a Job Near You! Why Climate Change Matters for California Workers Brendan Smith 2010
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Yosemite is viewed as a boundary zone between the two major cultural provinces of central California and Great Basin, principally the Miwok and Paiute Indians.
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The pottery has turned up among other places in the excavations of a Miwok village.
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Wagner probably left the trail at the bridge below the Miwok village, climbed up to the wall to take in the view.
The Dangerous Hour Muller, Marcia 2004
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Paul had recently told me a good Miwok creation story, and I thought that whether or not it did Doug any good, it would at least pass the time and ease my own fear and anxiety.
Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997
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Paul had recently told me a good Miwok creation story, and I thought that whether or not it did Doug any good, it would at least pass the time and ease my own fear and anxiety.
Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997
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