{{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Asuksa-nga |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =Former settlement |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =California |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in California <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name =United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = California |subdivision_type2 =County |subdivision_name2 = Los Angeles County |subdivision_type3 =City |subdivision_name3 =Azusa |<!-- Politics -----------------> |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |coordinates = {{coord|34|08|01|N|117|54|27|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis2>{{gnis|1652667|Azusa}}</ref> |elevation_m =186 |elevation_ft =610 |footnotes = }} '''Asuksa-nga''' (also '''Azucsagna''' or '''Asucsagna''', or '''Ashuksha-vit''' in the neighboring Serrano dialect of Shoshone<ref>.</ref>) 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.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kroeber |first= Alfred |author-link= |date=1916 |title= California Place Names of Indian Origin |url= https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/ucp012-004.pdf|location= Berkeley|publisher= University of California Press |page=35|isbn=}}</ref><ref name="Rasmussen">{{Cite web |last=Rasmussen |first=Cecilia |date=1997-02-21 |title=Translated from Indian language, its name means... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-21-me-31042-story.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The settlement was located in Los Angeles County, California.<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1732510|Azucsagna}}</ref><ref name="Rasmussen"/>
It was located where the San Gabriel River exits the San Gabriel Mountains, in present-day Azusa and Duarte.<ref name=gnis />
==See also== *Tongva populated places *California mission clash of cultures *Indigenous peoples of California
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Category:Tongva populated places Category:Azusa, California Category:Duarte, California Category:Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California Category:Former Native American populated places in California Category:San Gabriel River (California) Category:San Gabriel Valley
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