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Pawnee

//ˈpɔːniː// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the Pawnee people or language.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A near-extinct language of North America.
  2. 2
    A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
  3. 3
    A ghost town in Geary County, Kansas, United States.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States.
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  1. 6
    A city, the county seat of Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.
  2. 7
    A census-designated place in Bee County, Texas, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.
  2. 2
    A person of Pawnee origin or descent.
  3. 3
    the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee wordnet
  4. 4
    a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pawn + -ee.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.

Etymology 3

Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.

Etymology 4

Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.

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