Cainamero

English

Etymology

English adaptation from Spanish Los Gallinomeros, from Gallina (nickname for a chief, chicken, coward).

Noun

Cainamero pl (plural only)

1. A Southern Pomo people who lived in the region around Santa Rosa, California.

   Synonym: Cainameros

   • 2023, Rose Marie Beebe, Robert M. Senkewicz, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo:

     Since there were hundreds of Cainamero and other southern Pomo residents at Mission San Rafael, Pixpixuecas/Toribio most likely persuaded the Santa Rose Cainamero that he could help them smooth things over with Vásquez del Mercado in order to prevent reprisals against the Cainamero and southern Pomo mission Indians.

References

• LeBaron, Gaye, Within 30 years, the Santa Rosa Indians Were Gone, The Press Democrat, May 2, 1993

Anagrams

• acremonia, americano