Name Pinquana
Gender Masculine
Usage Shoshone
Other Forms FormsPinaquana, Pinaquanah
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Meaning & History
Variant of Shoshoni name Pina QUANAH meaning "sweet-swelling", from pihnaa "sugar, honey, sweet" and -kwana(h) "to smell (of)". This was the original name of 19th-century Shoshone leader Chief Washakie.