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ESSELEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Esselen mean?
• ESSELEN (noun)
The noun ESSELEN has 2 senses:
1. a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
2. the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen
Familiarity information: ESSELEN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Esselen" is a kind of...):
Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Hokan language spoken by the Esselen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Esselen" is a kind of...):
Hoka; Hokan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California)
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