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Penutian

Penutian proper noun: a proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Proper noun

Penutian

  1. A proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California.
  2. An age from 53 to 51 million years ago, a subdivision of the Eocene.

Words formed from Penutian

Questions about Penutian

What does Penutian mean?
Penutian means a proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California.
What part of speech is Penutian?
Penutian is a proper noun.

Words near Penutian in the dictionary

  1. penuriousness
  2. penurities
  3. penurity
  4. penury
  5. penus
  6. Penutian
  7. Penutianist
  8. Penutianists
  9. Penweathers
  10. Penwell
  11. Penwells

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