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Arikara definition

☆ Ari·kara (ə rē′kə rə, -rik′ə-)

noun

  1. a member of a North American Indian people living along the Missouri River in W North Dakota
  2. the Caddoan language of this people

Etymology: Fr Aricara < Pawnee arikará·ruʾ, elk, lit., horns; explained as an allusion to a hairstyle formerly worn by male members of this people

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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