Cupeño

noun

Cu·​pe·​ño

kəˈpān(ˌ)yō

plural Cupeño or Cupeños

1

: a Shoshonean people of California

2

: a member of the Cupeño people

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Kupa, a Cupeño town

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