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Tanoan

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /təˈnoʊ.ən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /təˈnəʊ.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊən

1

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

2

name

Meaning 2

A family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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