English Explanatory Dictionary

Arikara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
name
  1. The Caddoan language of this people.

Pronunciation

/əˈɹɪkəɹə/

Word forms

Arikara Arikaras

Etymology

Possibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Arikara terms

Derived words

Arikara squash
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