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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Cayuse
 
SYLLABICATION:Cay·use
PRONUNCIATION:  k-ys, kys
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. Cayuse or Cay·us·es
1a. A Native American people inhabiting northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. b. A member of this people. 2a. The extinct traditional language of the Cayuse, not closely related to any other. b. The dialect of Nez Perce spoken by the Cayuse in the 19th and 20th centuries.
 
 
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