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Paiute
noun Pai·ute \ˈpī-ˌyüt\
Definition of PAIUTE
1
: a member of an American Indian people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2
: either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people
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Variants of PAIUTE
Pai·ute also Pi·ute \ˈpī-ˌyüt\
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Origin of PAIUTE
alteration of Pie-Utaw, alteration of Paiuches, plural, from American Spanish Payuchis Southern Paiutes
First Known Use: 1827
Rhymes with PAIUTE
acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit
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Paiute
noun Pai·ute \ˈpī-ˌyüt\
Definition of PAIUTE for Kids
1
: a member of an American Indian people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2
: either of the two languages of the Paiute people
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