Paiute

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Pai·ute

noun \ˈpī-ˌyüt\

Definition of PAIUTE

1
: a member of an American Indian people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2
: either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people

Variants of PAIUTE

Pai·ute also Pi·ute \ˈpī-ˌyüt\

Origin of PAIUTE

alteration of Pie-Utaw, alteration of Paiuches, plural, from American Spanish Payuchis Southern Paiutes
First Known Use: 1827

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