{{Short description|Former Tongva village or landmark site in Newport Beach, California}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} [[File:Del Mar Beach in Corona del Mar, ca.1910 (CHS-336).jpg|thumb|Moyongna was located in the area of Corona del Mar (pictured 1910).]] '''Moyongna''', alternatively spelled '''Moyonga''', was a coastal Tongva village or landmark site located near the entrance of Newport Bay in Newport Beach, California near Corona del Mar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Sean |last2=Curwen |first2=Thomas |title=Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past |url=https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-tongva-map/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.latimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FEPAQAAMAAJ |title=Southwest Museum Papers, Issue 21 |year=1968}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Koerper |first=Henry Carl |title=The Natural and Social Sciences of Orange County |publisher=Natural History Foundation of Orange County |year=1988 |isbn=9781879065017 |pages=111}}</ref> As a coastal village, the usage of ''te'aats'' was likely important to the village's people.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cyQ3AQAAMAAJ&pg=SA4-PA112 |title=Delineation Drilling Activities in Federal Waters Offshore, Santa Barbara County: Environmental Impact Statement |year=2001 |pages=4-112–4-114 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221063801/https://books.google.com/books?id=cyQ3AQAAMAAJ&pg=SA4-PA112 |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Nearby coastal villages included Genga, located on Newport Mesa,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Loewe |first=Ronald |title=Of sacred lands and strip malls : the battle for Puvungna |date=2016 |isbn=978-0-7591-2162-1 |location=Lanham, MD |pages=138 |oclc=950751182}}</ref> and Lupukngna, located near the mouth of the Santa Ana River.<ref name=":1" />
The root word '''''Moyo''''' in the Tongva language has been linked with Corona del Mar, similar to ''Lupuk'' being linked with Bolsa Chica.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Masterkey for Indian Lore and History, Volume 30 |publisher=Southwest Museum |year=1956 |pages=155}}</ref> The site may have been too disturbed by urbanization to note any precise location. Some researchers have placed the location at the Newporter Inn in Corona Del Mar, which was built in the early 1960s, although others have referred to this as based on scanty evidence.<ref name=":2" />
As noted in 1962, signs of Indigenous inhabitance along this area of the coast was common: "Almost every ridge that ends at the sea between Corona del Mar and Dana Point has its soil flecked with charcoal, marine shells, and bits of bone."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Colver |first=Seth I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3Ox37X4gYgC |title=The Historical Volume and Reference Works, Volume 1 |publisher=Historical Publishers |year=1962 |pages=30}}</ref>
In one map of the area published in 1978, the village was incorrectly labeled as Mocuachem,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjM0AQAAMAAJ |title=Santa Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek: Environmental Impact Statement |publisher=United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |year=1978 |pages=31–32}}</ref> a Payómkawichum village that was otherwise recorded in most other sources as located in the Las Pulgas area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oxendine |first=Joan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OR8aAQAAIAAJ |title=The Luiseño Village During the Late Prehistoric Era |publisher=University of California, Riverside |year=1987 |pages=138}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPQ3AQAAMAAJ |title=Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Clemente Island Range Complex: Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1 |year=2003 |pages=3.5–5}}</ref>
== See also == Other Native American villages in Orange County, California: * Acjacheme * Ahunx * Alume * Genga * Hutuknga * Lupukngna * Pajbenga * Piwiva * Puhú * Putiidhem * Totpavit
== References == <references />
{{Tongva villages}} {{Indigenous peoples of California}} {{Newport Beach, California}}
Category:Tongva populated places Category:Former Native American populated places in California Category:History of Orange County, California Category:Newport Beach, California