adj, name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or relating to the Tanoan languages or the peoples that speak them. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Synonyms

All synonyms

languagetanoan language

Etymology

From Tano + -an.

Related phrases

new mexico

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