Cahuilla
noun
a member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
Cahuillas
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pluralof Cahuilla.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
