First Known Use: 1808
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Kiowa
noun Ki·o·wa \ˈkī-ə-ˌwȯ, -ˌwä, -ˌwā\
plural Kiowa or Kiowas
Definition of KIOWA
1
: a member of an American Indian people of what are now Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
2
: the language of the Kiowa people
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Origin of KIOWA
ultimately from Kiowa kɔ́ygú, a self-designation
Rhymes with KIOWA
Arkansas, blue-sky law, canon law, Chickasaw, civil law, clapperclaw, common-law, crosscut saw, decree-law, devil's claw, foofaraw, higher law, homestead law, in the raw, keyhole saw, lantern jaw, lemon law, lumpy jaw, Mackinac, mackinaw, Morgenthau, Murphy's Law, overawe, overdraw, panama, private law, public law, roman law, saber saw, Saginaw, Salic law, son-in-law, tragic flaw, usquebaugh, Wichita, williwaw, windlestraw, Yakima
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