Kumeyaay
Americannoun
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an Indigenous group living in northern Baja California in Mexico and southern California in the United States.
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a member of this group.
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the language spoken by this group.
adjective
Example Sentences
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For millennia before the Spanish showed up and built a dam to serve their first Alta California mission, the Kumeyaay lived in these hills.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
It is owned by Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour, owner of San Diego FC along with the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
The border wall, and the scenic valley where the Kumeyaay tribe once lived, remained my steadfast companion for almost half the hike.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022
Over the last year, they have been fighting a 30-foot steel wall that tears through the fragile high desert and divides Kumeyaay living north of the wall from their relatives to the south.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2021
Other tribes along the border, including the Kickapoo in Texas, the Kumeyaay in California and the Cocopah in Arizona, are examining how to proceed after Mr. Trump’s declaration.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2019
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