Paiute

Other forms: Paiutes

Definitions of Paiute
  1. 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
    synonyms: Piute
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    Shoshone, Shoshoni
    a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
  2. noun
    the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute
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    Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language
    a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States
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