English Explanatory Dictionary

Paiute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

Word forms

Paiute Paiutes

Etymology

From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).

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