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uto-aztecan

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U⋅to-Az⋅tec⋅an

[yoo-toh-az-tek-uhn]
–noun
1. an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Uto-Aztecan.

Origin:
1891; Ute + -o- + Aztecan
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U·to-Az·tec·an   (yōō'tō-āz'těk'ən)   
n.  
  1. A language phylum of North and Central America that includes Ute, Hopi, Nahuatl, and Shoshone.

    1. A tribe speaking a Uto-Aztecan language.

    2. A member of such a tribe.

adj.  Of or relating to the Uto-Aztecans or to the languages spoken by them.

[From Ute + Aztec.]
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