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Definition of Mutsun in English: Mutsun(also Mutsu-n) noun ˈmuːtsuːn 1A member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Pajaro River drainage and adjacent areas of the central coast of California and gathered into the San Juan Bautista Mission after 1799. 2An extinct Costanoan language spoken by the Mutsun.
adjective ˈmuːtsuːn Of, relating to, or designating this people or their language. Formerly also: †of or designating the languages of the Utian (Miwok-Costanoan) language family or their speakers (obsolete).
OriginMid 19th century. From Spanish mutsun, alteration of a Mutsun Costanoan name, of uncertain shape, for a tribelet at La Natividad. Definition of Mutsun in US English: Mutsun(also Mutsu-n) nounˈmuːtsuːn 1A member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Pajaro River drainage and adjacent areas of the central coast of California and gathered into the San Juan Bautista Mission after 1799. 2An extinct Costanoan language spoken by the Mutsun.
adjectiveˈmuːtsuːn Of, relating to, or designating this people or their language. Formerly also: †of or designating the languages of the Utian (Miwok-Costanoan) language family or their speakers (obsolete).
OriginMid 19th century. From Spanish mutsun, alteration of a Mutsun Costanoan name, of uncertain shape, for a tribelet at La Natividad. |