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Pawnee

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Noun

1. pawnee

a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma

2. pawnee

the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pawnee

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noun
1. plural -nees or -nee
a member of a confederacy of related Native American peoples, formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas, now chiefly in Oklahoma
2. 
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Caddoan family

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Pawnee

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noun
1. Word forms: plural Pawˈnees or Pawˈnee
a member of a group of North American Plains Indian peoples, formerly living in the valley of the Platte River in Nebraska and now living in N Oklahoma
2. 
the Caddoan language of these peoples
adjective
3. 
of the Pawnees or their language or culture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pawnee

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n. pl. Pawnee or Paw·nees
1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the Platte River valley in south-central Nebraska and northern Kansas, with a present-day population in north-central Oklahoma. The Pawnee comprised a confederation of four relatively independent tribes living in permanent villages.
2. The Caddoan language of the Pawnee.

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