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Paiute

DEFINITIONS OF: Paiute

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n a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States

Synonyms:
Piute
Type of:
Shoshone, Shoshoni
a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States

n the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

Type of:
Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language
a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States
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