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Caddo

(kad′ō)

noun pl. Caddos or Caddo

a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living in Louisiana, Arkansas, and E Texas, now living mainly in Oklahoma
the Caddoan language of these peoples

Origin: Louisiana Fr Cadaux, shortened < Sp Cadojodacho < Caddo kaduhdá·čuʾ, name of a major group of the Caddo confederacy

See Caddo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Caddo Caddo or Cad·dos

a. A Native American confederacy composed of numerous small tribes formerly inhabiting the Red River area of Louisiana, Arkansas, and eastern Texas and now located in central Oklahoma.
b. A member of this confederacy.
The Caddoan language of the Caddo.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Caddo kaduhdā·čuɁ, a major tribe of the Caddo confederacy

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