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MAIDU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maidu mean? 

MAIDU (noun)
  The noun MAIDU has 2 senses:

1. a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in Californiaplay

2. a Penutian language spoken by the Maiduplay

  Familiarity information: MAIDU used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAIDU (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Maidu" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A Penutian language spoken by the Maidu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Maidu; Pujunan

Hypernyms ("Maidu" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)


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