Definitions for kiowaˈkaɪ ə wə, -ˌwɑ, -ˌweɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ki•o•waˈkaɪ ə wə, -ˌwɑ, -ˌweɪ(n.)(pl.)-was; -wa.

  1. a member of a Plains Indian people living between the Arkansas and Red rivers in the mid-19th century: later confined to a reservation in the Indian Territory.

    Category: Peoples

  2. the language of the Kiowa, akin to the Tanoan languages.

    Category: Peoples

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kiowa(noun)

    a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States

  2. Kiowa(noun)

    the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa

Wiktionary

  1. Kiowa(ProperNoun)

    The Kiowa people of North America, currently in Oklahoma.

  2. Kiowa(ProperNoun)

    The Kiowa language of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family.


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