CHUMASH


Meaning of CHUMASH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchü-ˌmash ]

noun

( plural Chumash )

Etymology: from Tcú-mac, name in a coastal Chumash language for the inhabitants of Santa Rosa Island

Date: 1891

1. : a member of an American Indian people of southwestern California

2. : the family of languages spoken by the Chumash people

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.