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ATAKAPA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
Synonyms:
Atakapa; Atakapan; Attacapa; Attacapan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Atakapa" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
Synonyms:
Atakapa; Attacapan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Atakapa" is a kind of...):
Buffalo Indian; Plains Indian (a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America)