Tanoan

[ tah-noh-uhn ]

noun

an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.

Origin of Tanoan

Coined by J.W. Powell in 1891 as Tañoan, based on American Spanish Tagno (see -an); gn misinterpreted as equivalent to Spanish ñ, variant of Tano, ethnic name of Southern Tewa subgroup of Tanoans, from Southern Tewa tʰá·nu

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How to use Tanoan in a sentence

Among important increments in modern times may be mentioned several clans of Tanoan ancestry, as the Asa, Honani, and the like.
The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo | J. Walter Fewkes
Among the most recent arrivals in Tusayan was another group of Tanoan clans which will be considered in this article.
The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo | J. Walter Fewkes
There is good documentary evidence that Sandia was settled by Tanoan people from Tusayan.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter Fewkes
Among these arrivals were Tanoan warriors and their families, part of whom were ancestors of the present inhabitants of Hano.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter Fewkes
The large collections of so-called modern Hopi pottery in our museums is modified Tanoan ware, made in Tusayan.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter Fewkes

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