Atakapa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands.
name
  1. The extinct language of these people.

Word forms

Atakapa Atakapas

Etymology

Borrowing from Choctaw hatak apa (literally “man eater”).

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