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Koo·te·nai | \ ˈkü-tə-ˌnā 
, -ˌnē \
, -ˌnē \variants:
or Kutenai
plural Kootenai or Kootenais
Definition of Kootenai
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Rocky Mountains in both the U.S. and Canada
2 : the language of the Kootenai people
Kootenai
geographical nameKoo·te·nai | \ ˈkü-tə-ˌnā , -tə-nē \
, -tə-nē \variants:
or in Canada Kootenay
Definition of Kootenai (Entry 2 of 2)
river 407 miles (655 kilometers) long in southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S.; rises in British Columbia, flows south into Montana, west and north through Idaho, and back into British Columbia, where it goes through
Kootenay Lake (65 miles, or 104 kilometers, long) into the Columbia River
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The first known use of Kootenai was in 1801
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