Kiowas

Variant of Kiowa

Kiowa definition

Kiowa (kī′ō wä′, -ə wə)

noun

  1. pl. Kiowas -·was′ or Kiowa -·wa′ a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Colorado, Oklahoma, and other W states, and now living in Oklahoma
  2. the Tanoan language of this people

Etymology: Sp Caygua < Kiowa kygú

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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