Paiute

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noun

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.

Similar
PiutePaiute language
OriginSpanish payuchi →
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Meanings

nounPaiute (plural Paiutes or Paiute)

plural Paiutes

  1. anthropologyAny 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Piute
Broader
ShoshoneShoshoni

nounthe Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

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Paiute language
Broader
Uto-AztecanUto-Aztecan language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishpayuchi
  2. EnglishPaiute

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Paiute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paiute

MLA

“Paiute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paiute. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paiute,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paiute.

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