Mi·wok (m  w k)n. pl. Miwok or Mi·woks 1. a. A Native American people formerly composed of numerous groups inhabiting central California from the Sierra Nevada foothills to the San Francisco Bay area, with a small number of present-day descendants in the same region. b. A member of this people. 2. Any of the Penutian languages of this people. [Central Sierra Miwok míw·  ·k, people.] |
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| Noun | 1. | Miwok - a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California Penutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages |
| 2. | Miwok - a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok Penutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California |
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