Kiowa
Americannoun
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a member of an Indigenous Great Plains tribe, now living primarily in Oklahoma.
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the language of the Kiowa, closely related to Tanoan.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Kiowa
First recorded in 1800–10; from Kiowa kɔjgwu “principal people”
Example Sentences
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Lawrence, but she got to know his widow and fellow writer, Frieda, on her visits to the Kiowa Ranch that summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
M. Scott Momaday, in his essay “The Way to Rainy Mountain,” describes his Kiowa grandmother, who “bore an image of deicide.”
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024
“The stage itself has expanded,” said Adam Piron, a Kiowa and Mohawk filmmaker and the director of the Sundance Institute Indigenous Program.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Hokeah’s characters exist at the intersection of Kiowa, Cherokee and Mexican identity, which provides a vital exploration of indigeneity in contemporary American letters.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022
Norman Bowker and Kiowa and Dave Jensen were dozing, or half dozing, and all around us were those ragged green mountains.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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