Chilula

noun

Chil·​u·​la

ˈchiləˌlä

plural Chilula or Chilulas

1

a

: an Athapaskan people of northwestern California

b

: a member of such people

2

: a dialect of Hupa spoken by the Chilula people

Word History

Etymology

modification of Yurok Tsulu-la, literally, people of the Bald hills

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