Associations to the word «Penutian»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

PENUTIAN, noun. A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California.
PENUTIAN, noun. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley