Piankeshaw

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noun

A member of a Native American group of the Miami who lived apart from the rest of the Miami nation, in an area that now includes western Indiana and Ohio.

OriginMiami Pinkwaawilenionki →
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Meanings

nounPiankeshaw (plural Piankeshaws or Piankeshaw)

plural Piankeshaws · alternative Piankashaw

  1. anthropologyA member of a Native American group of the Miami who lived apart from the rest of the Miami nation, in an area that now includes western Indiana and Ohio.

Origin

  1. MiamiPinkwaawilenionki“place of the ash men”
  2. EnglishPiankeshaw

From Miami Pinkwaawilenionki (“place of the ash men”).

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APA

Piankeshaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Piankeshaw

MLA

“Piankeshaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Piankeshaw. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Piankeshaw,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Piankeshaw.

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