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KILIWA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kiliwa mean?
• KILIWA (noun)
The noun KILIWA has 2 senses:
1. a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California
2. the Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwa
Familiarity information: KILIWA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Kiliwa; Kiliwi
Hypernyms ("Kiliwa" is a kind of...):
Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Kiliwa; Kiliwi
Hypernyms ("Kiliwa" is a kind of...):
Yuman (a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico)
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