Sha|hap|ti|an

Sha|hap|ti|an
Sha|hap|ti|an «shah HAP tee uhn», adjective, noun, plural -ans or -an.
–adj.
of or having to do with an American Indian linguistic family that includes the language of the Nez Percés.
–n.
1. an Indian of this linguistic family. Shahaptians lived in the northern part of the valley of the Columbia River.
2. this linguistic family. Also, Sahaptan.
[American English < Salishan Saháptini, plural of Sáptini a Salishan name for the Nez Percés]

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