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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 Californiaplay

2. the Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwaplay

  Familiarity information: KILIWA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KILIWA (noun)


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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