Kootenai
noun
Koo·te·nai ˈkü-tə-ˌnā 
-ˌnē
variants or Kutenai
plural Kootenai or Kootenais
1
: a member of an American Indian people of the Rocky Mountains in both the U.S. and Canada
2
: the language of the Kootenai people
Word History
Etymology
ultimately from Kootenai ktunaxa, a self-designation of some Canadian Kootenai
First Known Use
1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Geographical Definition
Kootenai
geographical name
Koo·te·nai ˈkü-tə-ˌnā
-tə-nē
variants or in Canada Kootenay
river 407 miles (655 kilometers) long in southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S.; rises in British Columbia, flows south into Montana, west and north through Idaho, and back into British Columbia, where it goes through Kootenay Lake (65 miles, or 104 kilometers, long) into the Columbia River
- stag's-horn sumac
- stag-headed
- stag-headedness
- stag-horned
- stagbrush
- stagbush
- stage
- stage a revolt
- stage box
- stage brace
- stage business
- stage carriage
- stage cloth
- stage direction
- stage director
- stage directors
- stage dive
- stage diver
- stage door
- stage driver
- stage effect
- stage fright
- stage left
- stage management
- stage manager