Azucsagna
Asuksa-nga (also Azucsagna or Asucsagna, or Ashuksha-vit in the neighboring Serrano dialect of Shoshone) 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. The site is in Los Angeles County, California.
It was located where the San Gabriel River exits the San Gabriel Mountains, in present-day Azusa and Duarte.
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References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azusa
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- ^ Kroeber, Alfred (1916). California Place Names of Indian Origin (PDF). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 35.
- ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (1997-02-21). "Translated from Indian language, its name means..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azucsagna
- ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (1997-02-21). "Translated from Indian language, its name means..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-08-07.