Ramaytush

English

Noun

Ramaytush pl (plural only)

  1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.

Proper noun

Ramaytush

  1. The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Synonyms

References
  • Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78.
  • Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.

Further reading

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Literally: people of the west

Proper noun

Ramaytush

  1. the tribes of current day San Francisco and San Mateo counties in California
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