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单词 Piegan
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Definition of Piegan in English:

Piegan

(also Peigan)
nounPlural Piegans ˈpiːɡ(ə)npēˈɡan
  • A member of a North American people of the Blackfoot confederacy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • En route to join to rest of the expedition, they had their first and only encounter with Blackfeet, in which two Piegans were killed.
    • White Calf, one of the leaders of the southern Piegans, remembered the Blackfeet wandering around, not knowing where they were going or where they were.
    • Five tribes - Tsuu T'ina, Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan and Stoney - will set up camp for 10 exhausting days at the Stampede.
    • The Blackfoot Nation is actually a confederation of several distinct tribes, including the South Piegan, the Blood, the North Piegan, and the North Blackfoot.
    • Some, such as the Doctor, a Peigan who conducts aboriginal awareness training workshops for social service agencies in Calgary, debates whether any movement actually exists.
adjective ˈpiːɡ(ə)npēˈɡan
  • Relating to the Piegan.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is no evidence they ever visited the Blood or Piegan reserves, which are located west of Lethbridge and more than one hundred miles south of Calgary.
    • Belle was born near Belt, Montana, the child of a Piegan mother who had married a white miner from Fort Benton.
    • In 1855, the Blackfoot signed their first treaty, known as Lame Bull's Treaty, after the powerful Piegan chief who signed it.
    • On January 23, 1870, Baker attacked a friendly Piegan village, one riddled with smallpox, killing some 173 Piegans, mostly the old and sick, women and children.
    • Dressed in [the] full traditional manner of his Peigan people, he traveled beyond the borders of reality forever.

Origin

From Blackfoot Piikániwa.

Definition of Piegan in US English:

Piegan

(also Peigan)
nounpēˈɡan
  • A member of a North American people of the Blackfoot confederacy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Blackfoot Nation is actually a confederation of several distinct tribes, including the South Piegan, the Blood, the North Piegan, and the North Blackfoot.
    • White Calf, one of the leaders of the southern Piegans, remembered the Blackfeet wandering around, not knowing where they were going or where they were.
    • Some, such as the Doctor, a Peigan who conducts aboriginal awareness training workshops for social service agencies in Calgary, debates whether any movement actually exists.
    • En route to join to rest of the expedition, they had their first and only encounter with Blackfeet, in which two Piegans were killed.
    • Five tribes - Tsuu T'ina, Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan and Stoney - will set up camp for 10 exhausting days at the Stampede.
adjectivepēˈɡan
  • Relating to the Piegan.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is no evidence they ever visited the Blood or Piegan reserves, which are located west of Lethbridge and more than one hundred miles south of Calgary.
    • Belle was born near Belt, Montana, the child of a Piegan mother who had married a white miner from Fort Benton.
    • On January 23, 1870, Baker attacked a friendly Piegan village, one riddled with smallpox, killing some 173 Piegans, mostly the old and sick, women and children.
    • In 1855, the Blackfoot signed their first treaty, known as Lame Bull's Treaty, after the powerful Piegan chief who signed it.
    • Dressed in [the] full traditional manner of his Peigan people, he traveled beyond the borders of reality forever.

Origin

From Blackfoot Piikániwa.

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