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Pi⋅ute

  [pahy-oot, pahy-oot]
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–noun, plural -utes, (especially collectively) -ute.
Paiute.

Pai⋅ute

  [pahy-oot, pahy-oot]
–noun, plural -utes, (especially collectively) -ute.
1. a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
2. either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute).
Also, Piute.
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Pai·ute also Pi·ute   (pī'yōōt')   
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:

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

    2. 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.

Pai'ute' adj.
Pi·ute   (pī'yōōt')   
n.  Variant of Paiute.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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