English Explanatory Dictionary

Blackfoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a North American confederacy of several tribes.
name
  1. The Algonquian language of these people.
  2. A city, the county seat of Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
noun
  1. A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.

Pronunciation

/ˈblæk.fʊt/

Word forms

Blackfoot Blackfoots Blackfeet

Etymology

Calque of Blackfoot Siksika, from sik- (“black”) + ika- (“foot, leg”).

Synonyms

Niitsitapi Niitsítapi

Related words

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