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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diegueno
Literary usage of Diegueno
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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