Cahuilla

[ kuh-wee-uh ]
/ kəˈwi ə /

noun, plural Ca·huil·las, (especially collectively) Ca·huil·la.

a member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
the Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahuilla.

Example sentences from the Web for cahuilla

  • Alessandro's face haunted him, and also the memory of Ramona's, as she lay tossing and moaning in the wretched Cahuilla hovel.

    Ramona |Helen Hunt Jackson

  • This Cahuilla village is in a small valley, high up in the San Jacinto range.

    Glimpses of Three Coasts |Helen Hunt Jackson

  • They slept at a miserable cabin in one of the clearings, and at early dawn pushed on, reaching the Cahuilla village before noon.

    Ramona |Helen Hunt Jackson