Asuksa-nga, California

Asuksa-nga
Former settlement
Asuksa-nga is located in California
Asuksa-nga
Asuksa-nga
Location in California
Coordinates: 34°08′01″N 117°54′27″W / 34.13361°N 117.90750°W / 34.13361; -117.90750
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles County
CityAzusa
Elevation
610 ft (186 m)

Asuksa-nga (also Azucsagna or Asucsagna, or Ashuksha-vit in the neighboring Serrano dialect of Shoshone) was a former Tongva-Gabrieleño Californian Native American settlement in the San Gabriel Valley. The name means "Skunk place" or "Skunk hill," with Asuksa meaning skunk and the locative suffix -nga or -vit meaning place. The settlement was located 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

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azusa
  2. ↑ Kroeber, Alfred (1916). California Place Names of Indian Origin (PDF). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 35.
  3. 1 2 Rasmussen, Cecilia (February 21, 1997). "Translated from Indian language, its name means..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  4. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azucsagna