Paiute

English

Etymology

From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).

Noun

Paiute (plural Paiutes or Paiute)

1. (anthropology) Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.

Translations

North American ethnic aboriginal people

• Navajo: Béíyózhin

Anagrams

• taupie