Paiute (redirected from Paiutes)

Pai·ute also Pi·ute  (pyt)

n. pl. Paiute or Pai·utes also Piute or Pi·utes

1. Either of two distinct Native American peoples inhabiting parts of the Great Basin, specifically:

a. A group occupying eastern Oregon, western Nevada, and adjacent areas of northeast California. Also called Northern Paiute.

b. A group occupying southern Utah and Nevada, northern Arizona, and adjacent areas of southeast California. Also called Southern Paiute.

2. A member of either of these peoples.

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Paiute adj.

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Paiute, Piute [ˈpaɪˌuːt paɪˈjuːt]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -utes, -ute a member of either of two North American Indian peoples (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Paiute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States Piute Shoshone, Shoshoni - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
	2.	Paiute - the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language - a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States