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PAIUTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Paiute" is a kind of...):
Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language (a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
Synonyms:
Paiute; Piute
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Paiute" is a kind of...):
Shoshone; Shoshoni (a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States)
