Paiutes

Variant of Paiute

Paiute definition

Pai·ute (pī′yo̵̅o̅t′, pī yo̵̅o̅t′)

noun pl. Paiutes -·utes or Paiute -·ute

  1. a member of a North American Indian people living in Nevada, E California, S Utah, and NW Arizona
  2. either of two Uto-Aztecan languages spoken by the Paiutes

Etymology: < Shoshonean pah-ute, lit., water Ute

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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