Kickapoo

(kikə po̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. pl. Kickapoos or Kickapoo a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in N Illinois and S Wisconsin, now living in Kansas, Oklahoma, and N Mexico
  2. the Algonquian language of this people

Origin: < Kickapoo kiikaapoa < ?

See Kickapoo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Kickapoo Kickapoo or Kick·a·poos
  1. a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with small present-day populations in Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. The Algonquian language of the Kickapoo.
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