Panoan

1 of 2

noun

Pa·​no·​an

ˈpänəwən

plural -s

: a language family including languages spoken by the Panoan peoples

Panoan

2 of 2

adjective

"

: of, relating to, or constituting a group of peoples of western Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia or their language

Word History

Etymology

Noun

American Spanish Pano + English -an

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