Definitions for Costanoan

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Costanoan Cos·ta·no·an

Spelling: [kos-tuh-noh-uh n, kaw-stuh-]

IPA: /ˌkɒs təˈnoʊ ən, ˌkɔ stə-/

Costanoan is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 248 anagrams from letters in Costanoan (aacnnoost).

Definitions for Costanoan

noun

1. a family of eight languages, now extinct, spoken by American Indian peoples of coastal California: part of the Penutian stock.
2. any of the speakers of these languages, who formerly inhabited the coast and adjacent river valleys from San Francisco Bay south to Monterey Bay and Point Sur.

adjective

1. of or relating to Costanoan or the Costanoans.

Origin of Costanoan

Spanish costano coast dweller (cost(a) coast, shore + -ano -an) + -an

Examples for Costanoan

Kroeber classes Saclan as doubtfully Costanoan, but shows the group as Costanoan on his large colored tribal map.

It is quite true that some of the tribal groups inhabiting this territory may not have been members of the Costanoan stock.

They probably had just left Costanoan territory, although, to be sure, the exact tribal boundaries are unknown.