SAHAPTINO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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:

Nouns denoting people

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)