adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/təˈnoʊ.ən/
Received-Pronunciation:/təˈnəʊ.ən/
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rhymes with -əʊən
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Tanoan languages or the peoples that speak them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tanoan language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
Narrower terms: Kiowa
History
Etymology
From Tano + -an.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Russian:
таноа́нский
(tanoánskij)
— related to the language family
Russian:
таноа́нские языки́
(tanoánskije jazykí)
— a family of languages
Russian:
таноа́нский
(tanoánskij)
— a family of languages