pani

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pani - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, prop. n. pl.; sing. Pawnee. (Ethnol.)
     A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly
     occupied the region of the Platte river, but now (1890) live
     mostly in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The term is often
     used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of
     Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
     [1913 Webster] Pawner