Dictionary entry details
• HOKAN (noun)
Meaning:
A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hokan; Hoka
Hypernyms ("Hokan" is a kind of...):
American Indian; American-Indian language; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hokan"):
Chimariko (the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko)
Yanan (a language group of the Hokan family)
Yuman (a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico)
Shastan (a group of languages of the Hokan family in California)
Quoratean; Kulanapan (a group of languages of the Hokan family)
Esselen (the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen)
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hoka; Hokan
Hypernyms ("Hokan" is a kind of...):
American Indian; Indian; Red Indian (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hokan"):
Kiliwa; Kiliwi (a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California)
Maricopa (a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona)
Mohave; Mojave (a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California)
Pomo (a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast)
Shasta (a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon)
Hualapai; Hualpai; Walapai (a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona)
Yahi; Yana (a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California)
Yavapai (a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona)
Karok (a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California)
Kamia (a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico)
Havasupai (a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona)
Achomawi (a member of a North American Indian people of northern California)
Akwa'ala (a member of a North American Indian people living in Baja California)
Atsugewi (a member of a North American Indian people of northern California)
Chimariko (a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California)
Cochimi (a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California)
Cocopa; Cocopah (a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River)
Diegueno (a member of a North American Indian people of southern California)
Esselen (a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey)
Halchidhoma (a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa)
Yuma (a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California)
