Paiute

noun

Pai·​ute ˈpī-ˌyüt 

variants or less commonly Piute

1

plural Paiute or Paiutes also Piute or Piutes : a member of a group of Indigenous peoples originally inhabiting western and southern parts of the U.S. Great Basin

2

: either of the two Uto-Aztecan languages of the Paiute people

Examples of Paiute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The incident took place downstream of Paiute Farms Wash in the San Juan River in San Juan County, Utah, rangers said. —Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025

The Walker River Paiute in Nevada was the first to receive one of the grants to source local food, including $249,091 in 2022. —Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 28 May 2025

The Burns Paiute Tribe has been providing meals and cases of water to impacted members, and set up portable toilets and showers. —Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025

Other audience winners went to Remaining Native, about a solo runner at a high school with no coach on the Yerington Paiute reservation in Northwest Nevada who works to be needs seen by his dream school, the University of Oregon. —Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025

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

Rhymes for Paiute

• piute

Kids Definition

Paiute

noun

Pai·​ute ˈpī-ˌ(y)üt 

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California