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Ca·lu·sa   (kə-lōō'sə)   
n.   pl. Calusa or Ca·lu·sas
    1. 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-18th century.
    2. A member of this people.
  2. The extinct language of the Calusa, of unknown linguistic affiliation.

[Calusa, fierce people (sense uncertain); perhaps akin to Choctaw kallo, strong.]
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