Uto-Aztecan Definition

yo͝otō-ăztĕkən
noun
A family of Amerindian languages of the W U.S., Mexico, and Central America, including Hopi, Nahuatl, Pima, Shoshone, and Ute.
Webster's New World
A member of a people speaking a Uto-Aztecan language.
American Heritage
A language phylum of North and Central America that includes Ute, Hopi, Nahuatl, and Shoshone.
American Heritage
A member of a people speaking a Uto-Aztecan language.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Uto-Aztecan language
pronoun

A certain Native American language family including a large number of geographically distant languages such as Hopi, Nahuatl (Aztec) and Comanche.

Wiktionary
adjective
Designating or of these languages, the peoples that speak them, or their cultures.
Webster's New World
Of or pertaining to Uto-Aztecan.
Wiktionary

Origin of Uto-Aztecan

  • From Uto- (a combining form of Ute) and Aztecan (Aztec + -an).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ute Aztec

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ute Aztec

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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