Editing Piru, California (section)

==Etymology==
Although the town is located in the traditional homelands of the [[Tataviam]], the name ''Piru'' (originally pronounced "Pea-roo") derives from the [[Chumashan languages|Chumash]] word ''pí idhu-ku,''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36518243 |title=Encyclopedia of California. |date=1997 |publisher=Somerset Publishers |isbn=0-403-09862-9 |edition=1997-1998 |location=New York, N.Y. |pages=377 |oclc=36518243}}</ref> which referred to the [[tule]] [[phragmites|reeds]] growing along [[Piru Creek]] that were used in making baskets.

Also designated and delineated as "Piro", adjacent to "Piro Creek" on 19th century atlas maps, (i.e. A. L. Bancroft's 1876 map of CA, NV, AZ, UT) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~215908~5502250|title = California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona}}</ref> It was first named Piru City in 1888.<ref>Capace, Nancy (1999). ''Encyclopedia of California''. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 377. {{ISBN|9780403093182}}.</ref>