Chalon
See also: chalon
English
Noun
Chalon (plural Chalons)
- Any of a series of postage stamps whose illustration was inspired by a portrait of Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860); more formally known as the Chalon heads.
Noun
Chalon pl (plural only)
- One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California native to the Salinas Valley.
- Synonym: Soledad
Proper noun
Chalon
- The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.
- Synonym: Soledad
See also
- Chalon-sur-Saône
References
- Levy, Richard. 1978. Costanoan, in Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 8 (California). William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. →ISBN / 0160045754, pages 485.
- Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Chalon ("Soledad"), cst
Anagrams
- Ch'olan, lochan