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Calusa
Ca·lu·sa C0044050 (kə-lo͞o′sə)n. pl. Calusa or Ca·lu·sas 1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the southwest coast of Florida from Tampa Bay to the Florida Keys. The Calusa were extinct by the mid-1700s.2. The extinct language of the Calusa, of unknown linguistic affiliation. [Calusa, fierce people (sense uncertain); perhaps akin to Choctaw kallo, strong.] |