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Arikara

ari·kara

UK/əˈɹɪkəɹə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river

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Origin

Possibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).

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