"wetu" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2001, Donald M. Silver, Patricia J. Wynne, The Pilgrims, the Mayflower & more; grades 1-3, page 17",
          "text": "Wetus ranged in size between about 10 to 15 feet in diameter. As many as ten people lived inside.",
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          "ref": "2003, Janet Riehecky, The Wampanoag: The People of the First Light, page 13",
          "text": "To make a wetu, the Wampanoag set poles made from cedar saplings into the ground. They bent the poles over and covered them with cattail reeds or bark. A wetu was either circular or oval. Most wetu were about 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters) […]",
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          "ref": "2005, Janey Levy, The Wampanoag of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, page 22",
          "text": "Wetus were commonly about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide and 14 to 20 feet (4.3 to 6.1 m) long. Sometimes three or four families shared a single house. These wetus could be up to 100 feet (30.4 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide.",
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          "text": "In one corner of the village a man is emerging from a sweat-house; in the village's center a child sleeps in a wetu while a little boy on the roof hides from his dog, their only domesticated animal. A woman in mourning speaks to the sachem.",
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        "(US) A dwelling, a domed hut similar to a wigwam, used by some Native Americans in the northeastern United States, especially the Wampanoag."
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          "alt": "used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States",
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          "word": "hogan"
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          "english": "used by the Inuit, made of snow",
          "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
          "word": "igloo"
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          "english": "used in the Great Plains",
          "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
          "word": "teepee"
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          "english": "used by the Inuit during the summer",
          "sense": "traditional Native American dwellings",
          "word": "tupik"
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          "english": "used in the southwestern and western United States",
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          "word": "wickiup"
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