Arikara
/əˈɹɪkəɹə/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of a tribe of Native Americans in what is today North Dakota, who are today enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.
- 2 the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara wordnet
- 3 a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The Caddoan language of this people.
Etymology
Possibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).