PAIUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Paiute mean? 

• PAIUTE (noun)
  The noun PAIUTE has 2 senses:

1. a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States

2. the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

  Familiarity information: PAIUTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAIUTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Paiute; Piute

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

Shoshone; Shoshoni (a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language (a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States)