Asuksa-nga (also Azucsagna or Asucsagna, or Ashuksha-vit in the neighboring Serrano dialect of Shoshone[2]) is a former Tongva-Gabrieleño Californian Native American settlement in the San Gabriel Valley. The meaning of the name is "Skunk place" or "Skunk hill," with Asuksa meaning skunk and the -nga or -vit ending meaning place.[3][4] The site is in Los Angeles County, California.[5][4]

It was located where the San Gabriel River exits the San Gabriel Mountains, in present-day Azusa and Duarte.[5]

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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azusa
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  3. ^ Kroeber, Alfred (1916). California Place Names of Indian Origin (PDF). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 35.
  4. ^ a b Rasmussen, Cecilia (February 21, 1997). "Translated from Indian language, its name means..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azucsagna


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azucsagna
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