name
Meaning 1
The Algonquian language of this people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Arapaho
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /əˈɹeɪpəhoʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: ER0 AE1 P AH0 HH OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town, the county seat of Custer County, Oklahoma, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of a Native American people of Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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noun
Meaning 4
the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arapahoe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
noun
Meaning 5
a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arapahoe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian
History
Etymology
From a Siouan language, perhaps Hidatsa arúpahu (“Arapaho person”) or Crow aaraxpéahu (“tattooed person”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arapaho: Hinóno'eitíít — language
- Cherokee: ᎠᏩᏈᎰ (awaquiho) — language
- French: Arapaho — language
- Irish: Arapachóis — language
- Portuguese: arapaho — language
- Portuguese: arapaho — a member of a Native American people
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