English Explanatory Dictionary

San Juan Bautista

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in San Benito County, California, United States, named after the eponymous mission.
  2. The native people of this region.
  3. The native language spoken in this region.

Word forms

San Juan Bautista San Juan B.

Etymology

The Spanish named a California mission San Juan Bautista meaning Saint John the Baptist, when they founded it in the late 18th century. The name was expanded by linguists to mean the natives of the region gathered at the mission, and their primary language.

Synonyms

synonym of Mutsun
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