Associations to the word «Paiute»

Wiktionary

PAIUTE, noun. (anthropology) 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.

Dictionary definition

PAIUTE, noun. A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States.
PAIUTE, noun. The Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute.

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