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Piankeshaw

Piankeshaw noun: a member of a Native American group of the Miami who lived apart from the rest of the Miami nation, in an area that now includes western Indiana and Ohio.

Noun

Piankeshaw (plural Piankeshaws or Piankeshaw)

  1. A member of a Native American group of the Miami who lived apart from the rest of the Miami nation, in an area that now includes western Indiana and Ohio.

Forms of Piankeshaw

pluralPiankeshaws
pluralPiankeshaw
alternative formPiankashaw

Origin of Piankeshaw

From Miami Pinkwaawilenionki (“place of the ash men”).

Questions about Piankeshaw

What does Piankeshaw mean?
Piankeshaw means a member of a Native American group of the Miami who lived apart from the rest of the Miami nation, in an area that now includes western Indiana and Ohio.
What part of speech is Piankeshaw?
Piankeshaw is a noun.
What is the plural of Piankeshaw?
The plural of Piankeshaw is Piankeshaws.

Words near Piankeshaw in the dictionary

  1. pianistically
  2. pianistics
  3. pianists
  4. Piankashaw
  5. Piankashaws
  6. Piankeshaw
  7. Piankeshaws
  8. pianna
  9. piannet
  10. piannets
  11. piannies

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