English Explanatory Dictionary

Maidu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada.
name
  1. An extinct Maiduan language.

Word forms

Maidu Maidus

Etymology

Borrowing from Northeast Maidu maidüm (“man”).

Derived words

Maiduan
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