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Definition of Kiowa in English: KiowanounPlural Kiowas ˈkʌɪəwə 1A member of a North American people of the southern plains of the US, now living mainly in Oklahoma. Example sentencesExamples - Some scholars believe that a small group of Jumanos became the foundation of the Kiowas in Texas.
- On the southern plains, a war in 1868-69 forced Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches to new reservations.
- My people the Kiowas, like all Indian people, are a very spiritual people.
- Fighting the Kiowas was not like fighting the Sheepeaters, which was not like fighting the Apaches.
- From there they would repair telegraph lines, escort traders and pioneers, and, if necessary, fight the Cheyenne and their allies the Comanches and Kiowas.
2mass noun The language of the Kiowa, related to the Tanoan group. Example sentencesExamples - She readily learned to speak Kiowa and soon forgot her native tongue.
- I do not speak Kiowa, and I never understood her prayers, but there was something inherently sad in the sound, some merest hesitation upon the syllables of sorrow.
adjective ˈkʌɪəwə Relating to the Kiowa or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Just before noon, two Kiowa helicopters skimmed in over the rooftops, and rockets streaked into the villa.
- Some motifs traditionally are associated with a single tribe, such as the leaf, which was used as a central motif by Kiowa women.
- Two Kiowa helicopters were damaged, but the pilots were not injured.
- Unlike many of his young Indian peers, Rogers' Kiowa grandparents believed in serving more traditional foods, including berries, deer, and fish.
- A half-dozen Blackhawks and twice as many heavily armed Kiowa scouts indicated right away we would have a long wait for lunch.
Origin From American Spanish Caygua, from Kiowa kɔ́ygú (plural). Definition of Kiowa in US English: Kiowanounˈkīəwə 1A member of a North American people of the southern plains of the US, now living mainly in Oklahoma. Example sentencesExamples - Some scholars believe that a small group of Jumanos became the foundation of the Kiowas in Texas.
- Fighting the Kiowas was not like fighting the Sheepeaters, which was not like fighting the Apaches.
- On the southern plains, a war in 1868-69 forced Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches to new reservations.
- From there they would repair telegraph lines, escort traders and pioneers, and, if necessary, fight the Cheyenne and their allies the Comanches and Kiowas.
- My people the Kiowas, like all Indian people, are a very spiritual people.
2The language of the Kiowa, related to the Tanoan group. Example sentencesExamples - I do not speak Kiowa, and I never understood her prayers, but there was something inherently sad in the sound, some merest hesitation upon the syllables of sorrow.
- She readily learned to speak Kiowa and soon forgot her native tongue.
adjectiveˈkīəwə Relating to the Kiowa or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Unlike many of his young Indian peers, Rogers' Kiowa grandparents believed in serving more traditional foods, including berries, deer, and fish.
- Just before noon, two Kiowa helicopters skimmed in over the rooftops, and rockets streaked into the villa.
- Some motifs traditionally are associated with a single tribe, such as the leaf, which was used as a central motif by Kiowa women.
- A half-dozen Blackhawks and twice as many heavily armed Kiowa scouts indicated right away we would have a long wait for lunch.
- Two Kiowa helicopters were damaged, but the pilots were not injured.
Origin From American Spanish Caygua, from Kiowa kɔ́ygú (plural). |