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Siouan

(Encyclopedia) SiouanSiouans&oomacr;ˈən [key], branch of Native American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America (including Mexico). See…

Hokan-Siouan

(Encyclopedia) Hokan-SiouanHokan-Siouanhōˈkən-s&oomacr;ˈən [key], linguistic stock, or family, whose member languages are spoken by Native Americans in North and Central America. See Native…

Iroquoian

(Encyclopedia) IroquoianIroquoianĭrˌəkwoiˈən [key], branch of Native North American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America. See Native…

Muskogean

(Encyclopedia) MuskogeanMuskogeanməskōˈgēən [key], branch of Native North American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America. See Native…

Yuman

(Encyclopedia) YumanYumany&oomacr;ˈmən [key], branch of Native American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock, or family, of North America (including Mexico) and Central…

Uto-Aztecan

(Encyclopedia) Uto-AztecanUto-Aztecany&oomacr;ˈtō-ăztĕkˈən [key], branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock. The languages belonging to this stock are spoken in North and Central America. See…

Tapachula

(Encyclopedia) TapachulaTapachulatäpäch&oomacr;ˈlä [key], city (1990 pop. 138,858) Chiapas state, SE Mexico, at the foot of the Chiapas highlands and near the Guatemala border. It is the…

Nicoya, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia) Nicoya, Gulf ofNicoya, Gulf ofnēkōˈyä [key], inlet of the Pacific Ocean, Central America, between the Nicoya Peninsula and the northwest mainland of Costa Rica. The catch from the fine…

panama-hat palm

(Encyclopedia) panama-hat palm, perennial herb (Carludovica palmata) growing wild from Central America south to Bolivia. Despite its frondlike leaves it is not a true palm. The leaves are used to…

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

(Encyclopedia) Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, concluded (Apr. 19, 1850) at Washington, D.C., between the United States, represented by Secretary of State John M. Clayton, and Great Britain, represented by…