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TANOAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tanoan mean?
• TANOAN (noun)
The noun TANOAN has 1 sense:
1. a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
Familiarity information: TANOAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Tanoan; Tanoan language
Hypernyms ("Tanoan" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tanoan"):
Kiowa (the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa)
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