Paiute
noun
Pai·ute ˈpī-ˌyüt 
variants or less commonly Piute
1
: a member of an American Indian people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2
: either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people
Word History
Etymology
alteration of Pie-Utaw, alteration of Paiuches, plural, from American Spanish Payuchis Southern Paiutes
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
Paiute
noun
Pai·ute
ˈpī-ˌyüt
1
: a member of a tribe of indigenous people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
2
: either of the two languages of the Paiute people