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Pipil

/pəˈpiːl/

Pipil proper noun: the Uto-Aztecan language, descended from Nahuatl, spoken by an indigenous people of El Salvador.

Proper noun

Pipil

  1. The Uto-Aztecan language, descended from Nahuatl, spoken by an indigenous people of El Salvador.
  2. A group of people indigenous to western El Salvador.

Origin of Pipil

Presumably from Classical Nahuatl pīpiltin, plural of pilli (“noble; child”).

Questions about Pipil

What does Pipil mean?
Pipil means the Uto-Aztecan language, descended from Nahuatl, spoken by an indigenous people of El Salvador.
What part of speech is Pipil?
Pipil is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pipil?
Pipil is pronounced /pəˈpiːl/.

Words near Pipil in the dictionary

  1. Pipho
  2. pipi
  3. Pipias
  4. pipid
  5. pipids
  6. Pipil
  7. pipimorph
  8. pipimorphs
  9. pipiness
  10. piping
  11. piping bag

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