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Paw·nee (pô nē′)

noun

  1. pl. Pawnees -·nees′ or Pawnee -·nee′ a member of a group of North American Plains Indian peoples, formerly living in the valley of the Platte River in Nebraska and now living in N Oklahoma
  2. the Caddoan language of these peoples

Etymology: NAmFr pani < Illinois < Iowa panyi

adjective

of the Pawnees or their language or culture

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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