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Calusa

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Ca·lu·sa  (k-ls)
n. pl. Calusa or Ca·lu·sas
1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southwest coast of Florida from Tampa Bay to the Florida Keys. The Calusa were extinct by the mid-18th century.
b. A member of this people.
2. The extinct language of the Calusa, of unknown linguistic affiliation.
[Calusa, fierce people (sense uncertain); perhaps akin to Choctaw kallo, strong.]
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