Webster's 1913 Dictionary
KIOWAYS
Ki "o *ways `, n. pl. ; sing. Kioway (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Kiowa
Ki o wa |ˈkīəwə ˈkaɪəwə | ▶noun ( pl. same or Kiowas ) 1 a member of an American Indian people of the southern plains of the US, now living mainly in Oklahoma. 2 the language of this people, related to the Tanoan group. 3 (in full Kiowa Apache ) an Athabaskan (Apache ) language of western Oklahoma and neighboring areas. ▶adjective of or relating to this people or these languages. ORIGIN from American Spanish Caygua, perhaps from Caddoan kā́hīwa ’ ‘Kiowa. ’
Oxford Dictionary
Kiowa
Ki o wa |ˈkīəwə ˈkaɪəwə | ▶noun ( pl. same or Kiowas ) 1 a member of an American Indian people of the southern plains of the US, now living mainly in Oklahoma. 2 the language of this people, related to the Tanoan group. 3 (in full Kiowa Apache ) an Athabaskan (Apache ) language of western Oklahoma and neighboring areas. ▶adjective of or relating to this people or these languages. ORIGIN from American Spanish Caygua, perhaps from Caddoan kā́hīwa ’ ‘Kiowa. ’
Duden Dictionary
Kiowa
Ki o wa Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈkaɪɔwɑː |der Kiowa; Genitiv: des Kiowa [s ], Plural: die Kiowa [s ] Angehöriger eines nordamerikanischen Indianerstammes