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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Piute
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Shoshone, Shoshoni
History
From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
