Sahaptin

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noun

A member of a Native American people who occupied a large territory along the Columbia river in northern Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

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Meanings

nounSahaptin (plural Sahaptins or Sahaptin)

plural Sahaptins · alternative Shahaptian · alternative Sahaptian

  1. A member of a Native American people who occupied a large territory along the Columbia river in northern Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
proper noun

alternative Shahaptian · alternative Sahaptian

  1. The language spoken by the Sahaptin people.

    Synonyms: Sahaptian

  2. A family of languages comprising Sahaptin and Nez Perce.

    Synonyms: Sahaptian

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe language spoken by the Sahaptin people.

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Sahaptian

proper nounA family of languages comprising Sahaptin and Nez Perce.

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Sahaptian

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho

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ShahaptianSahaptino
Broader
Penutian

nouna Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian

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ShahaptianSahaptin languageShahaptian language
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Penutian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

Sahaptin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sahaptin

MLA

“Sahaptin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sahaptin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sahaptin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sahaptin.

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