Arapaho

See also: arapaho

English

Etymology

From a Siouan language, perhaps Hidatsa arúpahu (“Arapaho person”) or Crow aaraxpéahu (“tattooed person”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹeɪpəhoʊ/

Noun

Arapaho (plural Arapahos or Arapaho)

1. A member of a Native American people of Wyoming and Oklahoma.

Derived terms

• Arapahoe County
• arapahite

Translations

a member of a Native American people

• Portuguese: arapaho m

Proper noun

Arapaho

1. The Algonquian language of this people.
2. A town, the county seat of Custer County, Oklahoma, United States.

Translations

language

• Arapaho: Hinóno'eitíít
• French: Arapaho
• Irish: Arapachóis f
• Portuguese: arapaho m

See also

• Hinóno'eitíít (Arapaho for “Arapaho”)
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Arapaho terms
• Arapaho language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Arapaho, arp ⁠

References

• “Arapaho”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Arapaho”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Arapaho”, in Collins English Dictionary.