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KIOWA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kiowa mean? 

KIOWA (noun)
  The noun KIOWA has 2 senses:

1. a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United Statesplay

2. the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowaplay

  Familiarity information: KIOWA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KIOWA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Kiowa" is a kind of...):

Buffalo Indian; Plains Indian (a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Kiowa" is a kind of...):

Tanoan; Tanoan language (a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States)


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