Kiva

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kiva \Ki"va\, n. [Hopi name, sacred chamber.]
     A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo
     village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a
     men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an
     opening in the roof.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]