Northern Paiute
noun
a member of an American Indian people of Nevada, Oregon, and California, allied to the Paiute.
See under Paiute(def 2).
Definition for northern paiute (2 of 2)
Paiute
or Pi·ute
[ pahy-oot, pahy-oot ]
/ paɪˈut, ˈpaɪ ut /
noun, plural Pai·utes, (especially collectively) Pai·ute.
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
either of two mutually unintelligible Uto-Aztecan languages (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute).
British Dictionary definitions for northern paiute
Paiute
Piute
/ (ˈpaɪˌuːt, paɪˈjuːt) /
noun
plural -utes or -ute
a member of either of two North American Indian peoples (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute) of the Southwestern US, related to the Aztecs
the language of either of these peoples, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family