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Pawnee

Pronunciation: /pɔːˈniː/
Definition of Pawnee

noun (plural same or Pawnees)

  • 1a member of an American Indian confederacy formerly living in Nebraska, and now mainly in Oklahoma.
  • 2 [mass noun] the language of the Pawnee, belonging to the Caddoan family and now almost extinct.

adjective

  • relating to the Pawnee or their language.

Origin:

from Canadian French Pani, from a North American Indian language

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