tepee
noun/ˈtiːpiː/
/ˈtiːpiː/
(also teepee)
- a type of tall tent like a cone in shape, used in the past by native North American peoples of the Plains and Great Lakes regions see also wigwamWord Originmid 18th cent.: from the language of the Sioux people tīpī ‘dwelling’.
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