English Explanatory Dictionary

cayuse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small Indian horse or pony.
noun
  1. A Native American tribe of Oregon.

Pronunciation

/ˈkaɪuːs/

Word forms

cayuse cayuses

Etymology

Named after the Cayuse tribe of the Pacific Northwest. However, the etymology of this tribe name is unknown; it may be an exonym, and may in fact come from Spanish caballo (“horse”), which is the source of the word for horse in many Native American languages of western North America.

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