Paiute

English

Etymology

From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).

Noun

Paiute (plural Paiutes or Paiute)

(anthropology) Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

Translations

North American ethnic aboriginal people

Navajo: Béíyózhin

Anagrams

taupie

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