Cahuilla
Americannoun
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Cahuillas,
plural
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Cahuilla
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a member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
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Also called Ivilyuat. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahuilla.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Cahuilla
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Spanish, possibly from Cahuilla kawi'a “master”
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Tongva, Chumash and Cahuilla workers in California formed the backbone of rancho agriculture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
The reservation of the Torres Martinez tribe of the Cahuilla band abuts the Chuckwalla monument in the date palm-studded hub of Thermal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
The Cahuilla people believe they originated among the red walls and leaning stone outcroppings of the Painted Canyon, and burial grounds throughout the site attest to its sacred place in their culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
To the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, the red color of the hills and canyon walls is a sign of the bleeding heart of their creator god, Mukat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Because even though Mai said during the cat search that her mother came from Vietnam, I hadn't completely given up on the idea that she could have something to do with the Cahuilla tribe.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
There was another Indian village nearer,—the village of the Cahuillas, on one of the high plateaus of San Jacinto.
From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
The Americans cry “Hurrah!” the Germans, “Hoch!” the Mexicans, “E viva!” and the Cahuillas howl for joy.
From Sielanka: An Idyll by Thomas H. Bullick
He declared that the Cahuillas would surely come and murder him in the night, and begged piteously that the men would all stay with him to guard him.
From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
To the simple Cahuillas it seemed like a miracle; and they looked on Aunt Ri's weather-beaten face with something akin to a superstitious reverence.
From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
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