Uto-Aztecan

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yo̅o̅′tō az′tek ən)


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U•to-Az•tec•an  (yo̅o̅′tō az′tek ən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language Varietiesan American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.

adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Uto-Aztecan.
  • Ute + -o- + Aztecan 1891

'Uto-Aztecan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cahuilla - Comanche - Hopi - Nahuatl - Numic - Papago - Pima - Piman - Plains Indian - Shoshonean - Tarahumara - Yaqui - bannock - paiute - saguaro - ute

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