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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting the coastal area of California south of Los Angeles.
  • noun The Uto-Aztecan language of the Luiseño.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, from San Luis, Rey de Francia, a Spanish mission founded in Luiseño territory.]

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