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Quivira

Quivira proper noun: a province of the Wichita tribe's lands; it was probably located in present-day state of Kansas.

Proper noun

Quivira

  1. a province of the Wichita tribe's lands; it was probably located in present-day state of Kansas
  2. a toponym in old maps of America, located north of Mexico or south of Anian

Words formed from Quivira

Questions about Quivira

What does Quivira mean?
Quivira means a province of the Wichita tribe's lands; it was probably located in present-day state of Kansas.
What part of speech is Quivira?
Quivira is a proper noun.

Words near Quivira in the dictionary

  1. quiversful
  2. quiversome
  3. quivertip
  4. quivertips
  5. quivery
  6. Quivira
  7. Quiviran
  8. quixabeira
  9. quixabeiras
  10. Quixley
  11. Quixleys

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