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Diegueno

noun

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

• Hypernyms: ↑Hokan, ↑Hoka

2. the Yuman language spoken by the Diegueno

• Hypernyms: ↑Yuman

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\\ˌdēəˈgān(ˌ)yō\ noun (plural diegueño or diegueños)

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Spanish, from San Diego, Cal. + Spanish -eño (suffix denoting an inhabitant)

1.

a. : an Indian people of southern California

b. : a member of such people

2. : a Yuman language of the Diegueño people

Useful english dictionary. 2012.