Esselen

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An indigenous population native to the region of Big Sur on the Central Coast of California. plural,plural-only
专有名词
  1. The language of this people.

词源

词源 1
The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499).
词源 2
The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes, the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499).
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