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Arapaho

(ə rap′ə hō′)

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noun

pl. Arapaho a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the area between the North Platte and Arkansas rivers and now living in Wyoming and Oklahoma
the Algonquian language of this people

Origin: < Crow aaraxpéahu, lit., (one with) many tattoos

See Arapaho in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also A·rap·a·hoe

noun pl. Arapaho Arapaho or A·rap·a·hos also Arapahoe or A·rap·a·hoes

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and southeast Wyoming, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and central Wyoming. Traditional Arapaho life was based on the buffalo-hunting culture of the Great Plains.
b. A member of this people.
The Algonquian language of the Arapaho.

Origin:

Origin: Crow aaraxpéahu, those with many tattoos

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