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Paiute

Pai·ute [ pt ] (plural Pai·utes or Pai·ute) or Pi·ute [ pt ] (plural Pi·utes or Pi·ute)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Native North American people: a member of either of two Native North American peoples, the Northern Paiutes and the Southern Paiutes

2. Native N American language: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Paiute people. Native speakers: 12,000.

[Early 19th century. < Spanish payuchi]

Pai·ute adjective
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