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Pawnee
(redirected from Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma)

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Paw·nee  (pô-n)
n. pl. Pawnee or Paw·nees
1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the Platte River valley in south-central Nebraska and northern Kansas, with a present-day population in north-central Oklahoma. The Pawnee comprised a confederation of four relatively independent tribes living in permanent villages.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Caddoan language of the Pawnee.

[North American French Pani, of Illinois origin, ultimately of Siouan origin.]

Pawnee [pɔːˈniː]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -nees, -nee a member of a confederacy of related North American Indian peoples, formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas, now chiefly in Oklahoma
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of these peoples, belonging to the Caddoan family
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Pawnee - a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
Caddo - a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
2.Pawnee - the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
Caddoan, Caddoan language, Caddo - a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo


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