Caddo

//ˈkædəʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Caddoan language of the Southern Plains of the United States, spoken by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.
  2. 2
    A town in Oklahoma.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a confederacy of several southeastern Native American tribes, who inhabited much of what is now East Texas, western Louisiana and portions of southern Arkansas and Oklahoma in the 16th century.
  2. 2
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo wordnet
  3. 3
    a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of French Kadohadacho, from Caddo kadawdáachuh.

Etymology 2

Clipping of French Kadohadacho, from Caddo kadawdáachuh.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: caddo