Ki·o·wa (k   -wô , -wä, -w )n. pl. Kiowa or Ki·o·was 1. a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern Great Plains, with a present-day population in southwest Oklahoma. The Kiowa migrated onto the plains in the late 17th century from an earlier territory in western Montana. b. A member of this people. 2. The Tanoan language of the Kiowa. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Kiowa - a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United StatesBuffalo Indian, Plains Indian - a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America |
| 2. | Kiowa - the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa Tanoan, Tanoan language - a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States |
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