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ARIKARA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
Synonyms:
Aricara; Arikara
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Arikara" is a kind of...):
Caddo; Caddoan; Caddoan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
Synonyms:
Aricara; Arikara
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arikara" is a kind of...):
Caddo (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)