Mandans

Variant of Mandan

noun

  1. pl. Mandans or Mandan a member of a North American Indian people of North Dakota
  2. the Siouan language of this people

Origin: Fr Mandanes, Mantanes, pl., perhaps ult. < Dakota mawátana

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