Corral (yard, enclosed piece of ground). See pages [157] and [339].
Los Corralitos (the little yards).
Corral de Piedra (yard enclosed by a stone fence). See page [158].
Corral de Tierra (earth corral). See page [158].
Cortina, a town in Colusa County. Cortina, the Spanish word for “curtain,” is a corruption of Kotina, the name of the chief of a former village near the east bank of Cortina Creek.
Coso Mountains, in Inyo County, were named for the Coso or Cosho Indians.
La Costa (the coast). See page [42].
Cosumne, a word of Indian derivation, said to mean “fish, salmon.” See page [272]. If the theory that the suffix umne means “place of” be correct, then it may be that the meaning of Cosumne is “place of fish,” probably referring to salmon fisheries.
Cotate, in Sonoma County, derived its name from a former Indian village. Mr. George Page, whose family have been in possession of the Cotate ranch since 1849, states that he has never been able to ascertain the meaning of the word.