Pawnee

Pawnee
noun (plural Pawnee or Pawnees) Etymology: of Siouan origin; akin to Osage ppái Pawnee, Omaha ppáði Date: 1764 a member of an American Indian people originally of Kansas and Nebraska

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  • Pawnee — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pawne Bandera de la Nación Pawnee …   Wikipedia Español

  • PAWNEE — Indiens des plaines de l’Amérique du Nord qui appartiennent au groupe linguistique caddoan, les Pawnee vécurent sur les rives de la rivière Platte dans le Nebraska dès avant le XVIe siècle et jusqu’à la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Au XIXe… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pawnee — Pawnee, OK U.S. city in Oklahoma Population (2000): 2230 Housing Units (2000): 1054 Land area (2000): 2.196146 sq. miles (5.687991 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.196146 sq. miles (5.687991 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Pawnee —   [ pɔːniː], einst bedeutender indianischer Stammesverband der Caddo Sprachfamilie im mittleren Präriegebiet (Nebraska, USA). Bis zur Einführung des Pferdes waren die Pawnee Feldbauern (intensiver Anbau von Mais, Kürbis, Bohnen), danach in Sommer …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Pawnee, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 2647 Housing Units (2000): 1086 Land area (2000): 1.191788 sq. miles (3.086717 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.191788 sq. miles (3.086717 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Pawnee, OK — U.S. city in Oklahoma Population (2000): 2230 Housing Units (2000): 1054 Land area (2000): 2.196146 sq. miles (5.687991 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.196146 sq. miles (5.687991 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Pawnee, TX — U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas Population (2000): 201 Housing Units (2000): 93 Land area (2000): 5.216727 sq. miles (13.511260 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.216727 sq. miles (13.511260 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Pawnee — [pô nē′] n. [NAmFr pani < Illinois < Iowa panyi ] 1. pl. Pawnees or Pawnee a member of a group of North American Plains Indian peoples, formerly living in the valley of the Platte River in Nebraska and now living in N Oklahoma 2. the… …   English World dictionary

  • Pawnee — Pawn*ee , n. (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pawnee — (spr. paoni), Indianerstamm, s. Pani …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Pawnee — (spr. pahni), bei den Kanadiern Loups, Indianerstamm im W. des untern Mississippi …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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