kiowa

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Ki⋅o⋅wa

[kahy-uh-wuh, -wah, -wey]

–noun, plural -was, (especially collectively

) -wa for 1.

1.	a member of a Plains Indian people of the southwestern U.S.

2.	a language that is closely related to Tanoan and is the language of the Kiowa people.

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Ki·o·wa (kī'ə-wô', -wä', -wā')

n. pl. Kiowa or Ki·o·was

1. 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.
2. A member of this people.
The Tanoan language of the Kiowa.

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