Definition/Meaning of Miwok
- English - Noun: Miwok ( plural Miwoks or Miwok ) A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people , native to central California .
- English - Proper noun: Miwok The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups . Quotations 1925, Kroeber, Alfred , Handbook of Indians of California , Washington , D .C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No . 78 . (Chapter 30): The Miwok pound acorns with pestles [ ⦠] Derived terms Bay Miwok Bodega Miwok Coast Miwok Lake Miwok Marin Miwok Miwokan Plains Miwok Sierra Miwok Valley Miwok
- English - Etymology: Miwok means "the people" in the native Utian language .
- English - Alternative forms: Miwuk , Mewuk
- English - External links: Native Tribes , Groups , Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (map after Kroeber) Ethnologue entry for Bay Miwok , mkq Ethnologue entry for Plains Miwok , pmw Ethnologue entry for Central Sierra Miwok , csm Ethnologue entry for Northern Sierra Miwok , nsq Ethnologue entry for Southern Sierra Miwok , skd Ethnologue entry for Coast Miwok , csi Ethnologue entry for Lake Miwok , lmw