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cayuse

/ˈkaɪuːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
cayuse
IPA
/ˈkaɪuːs/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small Indian horse or pony.

American usage

noun

A Native American tribe of Oregon.

Etymology

Named after the Cayuse tribe of the Pacific Northwest. However, the etymology of this tribe name is unknown; it may be an exonym, and may in fact come from Spanish caballo (“horse”), which is the source of the word for horse in many Native American languages of western North America.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cayuses (plural)

Synonyms

indian pony

Questions

How do you pronounce cayuse?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkaɪuːs/.
What does cayuse mean?
A small Indian horse or pony.
Where does cayuse come from?
It is traced to French.

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