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SAHAPTINO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho
Synonyms:
Sahaptin; Sahaptino; Shahaptian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sahaptino" is a kind of...):
Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sahaptino"):
Nez Perce (a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast)