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Paiute

Paiute noun: any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

Noun

Paiute (plural Paiutes or Paiute)

  1. Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

Forms of Paiute

pluralPaiutes
pluralPaiute

Origin of Paiute

From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).

Questions about Paiute

What does Paiute mean?
Paiute means any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.
What part of speech is Paiute?
Paiute is a noun.
What is the plural of Paiute?
The plural of Paiute is Paiutes.

Words near Paiute in the dictionary

  1. Paitan
  2. Paitan-Panoypoy
  3. Paits
  4. paitung
  5. Paityn
  6. Paiute
  7. Paiutes
  8. Paiwan
  9. Paiwans
  10. paiwari
  11. Paixhans gun

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