Arikara

Other forms: Arikaras

Definitions of Arikara
  1. noun
    a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
    synonyms: Aricara
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    Caddo
    a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
  2. noun
    the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
    synonyms: Aricara
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    type of:
    Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
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