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Kiliwa

Kiliwa

9.9
A person from a native group who lives in northern Baja California, Mexico
  • noun
: kiliwa
  • The Kiliwa people have a rich cultural heritage.

Examples

  • Several Kiliwa elders attended the cultural heritage conference last year.

  • Anthropologists have studied the traditions of the Kiliwa for decades.

  • The Kiliwa continue to preserve many aspects of their ancestral culture.

  • Many Kiliwas still practice traditional crafts.

  • Anthropologists have studied the traditions of the Kiliwa people for decades.

  • Several Kiliwa elders attended a cultural heritage conference last year.

  • The Kiliwa continue to preserve many aspects of their ancestral culture.

Synonyms

Kiliwi
vsKiliwa
9.9

A person who belongs to the Kiliwi people in northern Baja California, Mexico

specifies the group as indigenous and names Mexico as their country

Compounds

Kiliwa language
9.9

A Native American language spoken by the Kiliwa people in Baja California, Mexico

Surface Forms

Kiliwa singular
Kiliwas plural

Etymology

Kiliwa is the name the group give to themselves in their own indigenous language of northern Baja California. So a Kiliwa is a member of that people, and the word links a person directly to that community and its culture.