Arikara

Meanings

Noun

  • 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.

Proper Noun

  • The Caddoan language of this people.

Origin

  • Possibly from Arikara aríka ("horn"), or árikaraahkucuʾ.

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