Pe•nu•ti•an
We found 3 definitions of penutian from 2 different sources.
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penutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages | ||
red indian, american indian, indian a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived | ||
chinook large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning | ||
costanoan a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan | ||
calapooya, calapuya, kalapooia, kalapuya a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon | ||
kusan a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan | ||
maidu a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California | ||
miwok a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California | ||
patwin a Copehan language spoken by the Patwin | ||
sahaptino, sahaptin, shahaptian a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian | ||
takelma a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon | ||
tsimshian a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian | ||
wintun a Copehan language spoken by the Wintun | ||
penutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California | ||
american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, american indian, indian any of the languages spoken by Amerindians | ||
copehan a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river | ||
costanoan a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan | ||
mariposan, yokuts a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley | ||
moquelumnan, miwok a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok | ||
pujunan, maidu a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu | ||
chinookan, chinook a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook | ||
kalapooian, kalapuyan a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya | ||
kusan a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan | ||
sahaptin, shahaptian a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian | ||
takilman, takelma a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma |