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Paiute

or Pi·ute

[ pahy-oot, pahy-oot ]

noun

, plural Pai·utes, (especially collectively) Pai·ute.
  1. a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
  2. either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute.


Paiute

/ ˈpaɪˌuːt; paɪˈjuːt /

noun

  1. -utes-ute a member of either of two North American Indian peoples ( Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute ) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
  2. the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Likewise, the Digger pine tree contains a slur for the Paiute people.

It will come in handy on the Paiute, which centers around a 275-mile loop that passes through small towns, but accesses limitless side trails that extend deep into Utah’s backcountry.

The Paiute fashion of counting time appeals to me more than any other calendar.

Something to wrap around him is as necessary to the Paiute as to you your closet to pray in.

These first, you understand, are the Paiute's walls, the other his furnishings.

On the other hand, the Paiute, from whom the ghost dance was derived, did not hypnotize.

It was not known at that time that an attempt would be made to curtail his Paiute source of water.

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