HOKAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hokan mean? 

• HOKAN (noun)
  The noun HOKAN has 2 senses:

1. a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California

2. a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages

  Familiarity information: HOKAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOKAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Hoka; Hokan

Hypernyms ("Hokan" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hokan"):

Esselen (the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen)

Kulanapan; Quoratean (a group of languages of the Hokan family)

Shastan (a group of languages of the Hokan family in California)

Yuman (a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico)

Yanan (a language group of the Hokan family)

Chimariko (the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hoka; Hokan

Hypernyms ("Hokan" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hokan"):

Karok (a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California)

Yuma (a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California)

Kiliwa; Kiliwi (a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California)

Maricopa (a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona)

Mohave; Mojave (a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California)

Pomo (a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast)

Shasta (a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon)

Hualapai; Hualpai; Walapai (a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona)

Yahi; Yana (a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California)

Yavapai (a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona)

Kamia (a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico)

Havasupai (a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona)

Halchidhoma (a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa)

Esselen (a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey)

Diegueno (a member of a North American Indian people of southern California)

Cocopa; Cocopah (a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River)

Cochimi (a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California)

Chimariko (a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California)

Atsugewi (a member of a North American Indian people of northern California)

Akwa'ala (a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California)

Achomawi (a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California)