Poncas

Variant of Ponca

Ponca definition

☆ Ponca (päŋ′kə)

noun

  1. pl. Poncas -·cas or Ponca -·ca a member of a North American Indian people living in Nebraska and Oklahoma
  2. the Siouan language of this people, a dialect of Omaha

Etymology: Ponca paka, self-designation

adjective

of the Poncas or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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