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Te⋅wa

[tey-wuh, tee-]
–noun, plural -was, (especially collectively) -wa for 1.
1. a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
2. the Tanoan language of the Tewa.
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Te·wa   (tā'wə, tē'wə)   
n.   pl. Tewa or Te·was
    1. A group of Pueblo peoples of northern New Mexico.

    2. A member of any of these peoples.

  1. The group of Tanoan languages spoken by the Tewa.

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