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Definition of Diegueno

1. Noun. A member of a North American Indian people of southern California.

2. Noun. The Yuman language spoken by the Diegueno.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Diegueno

diecious diecious died diedral diedrals diedre diedres Dieffenbach's method Dieffenbachia dieffenbachias

Dieffenbachia sequine diegeses diegesis Diego Rivera Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez Diegueno diehard diehards dieing diel

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Literary usage of Diegueno

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1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"LANGDON, MARGARET H. Report on comparative study of diegueno dialects ... Includes: list of English and Spanish words to be obtained in diegueno; ..."

2. A Mission Record of the California Indians: From a Manuscript in the by Alfred Louis Kroeber, José Francisco de Paula Señán, Vicente Francisco Sarría (1910)
"In the southern diegueno region, however, the cultus began to be ... The rituals themselves offer internal evidence of a late adoption by the diegueno. ..."

3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A small diegueno band on or near Capitán Grande res., at least 9 m. from San Diego, Cal.; pop. 80 in 1883. Pa. fame. ..."

4. Under the Sky in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1913)
"Mesa Grande is diegueno country and like a foreign land to Luiseno San Ygnacio, and Maria Juana and her mama would laugh heartily when our host would give ..."

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