English Explanatory Dictionary

Kickapoo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a particular Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
name
  1. The language spoken by these people.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Peoria County, Illinois.
  4. A ghost town in Warren Township, Warren County, Indiana.
  5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
  6. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  7. Other townships, listed under Kickapoo Township.
  8. A river in Wisconsin, a tributary of the Wisconsin River.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɪkəˌpuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Kickapoo.wav

Word forms

Kickapoo Kickapoos

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Kikapú, further origins are contested; an Anishinaabeg source proposes giiwigaabaw (“stand here and there”), in reference to the tribe's migratory patterns.

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