Hidatsa

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(hī dät′sä′, -sə)

noun pl. Hidatsas or Hidatsa

  1. a member of a North American Indian people now living in North Dakota; Gros Ventre (of the Missouri)
  2. the Siouan language of this people

Origin: native name

See Hidatsa in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Hidatsa Hidatsa or Hi·dat·sas In both senses also called Gros Ventre.
  1. a. A Native American people inhabiting an area along the Missouri River in western North Dakota.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. The Siouan language of this people.

Origin:

Origin: Hidatsa, people of the willows

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