Definitions for paiutepaɪˈut, ˈpaɪ ut

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Pai•utepaɪˈut, ˈpaɪ ut(n.)(pl.)-utes; -ute.

  1. a member of an American Indian people of the U.S. Great Basin region.

    Category: Peoples

  2. either of two Uto-Aztecan languages spoken by the Paiutes.

    Category: Peoples

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Paiute, Piute(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

  2. Paiute(noun)

    the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

Wiktionary

  1. Paiute(Noun)

    Two related groups of North American aboriginal peoplesu2014the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.


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