Pawnee

noun

Paw·​nee pȯ-ˈnē 

pä-

plural Pawnee or Pawnees

: a member of an Indigenous people living in east-central Nebraska during the first half of the 19th century

Note: Current members of the Pawnee live as part of the federally recognized Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

Examples of Pawnee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include: In July 2022, a 1,776-square-foot home on Pawnee Place in Fremont sold for $2,800,000, a price per square foot of $1,577. —Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 May 2025

Peacock is staging a Parks and Recreation reunion of sorts — though it will be set far from Pawnee. —Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025

The nonprofit hosts events and programs at several locations in Chatham, including the Pawnee Assembly of God Church and Sugar Creek United Methodist Church. —Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025

But Uptown Girl isn’t a peachy read about Brinkley’s CoverGirl exploits or her future cameo in the Pawnee universe. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

of Siouan origin; akin to Osage ppáį Pawnee, Omaha ppáðį

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Pawnee

• be
• bee
• bree
• cree
• fee
• flea
• flee
• free
• gee
• ghee
• glee
• he

Kids Definition

Pawnee

noun

Paw·​nee pȯ-ˈnē 

pä-

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Nebraska and Kansas