Crow

See also: crow

English

Etymology 1

From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krō, IPA^(key): /kɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -oʊ
• Homophone: crow

Noun

Crow (plural Crows or Crow)

1. A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

   Synonym: Crow Indian

Translations

Translations

• Blackfoot: Issapó
• Crow: Apsáalooke
• German: Krähenindianer (de) m
• Hidatsa: gixaaʔiccá

Proper noun

Crow

1. (linguistics) The Siouan language of this tribe.

   Synonym: (obsolete) Absaroki

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Crow, cro ⁠
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Etymology 2

• As an Old English surname, related to crow.
• As an Irish surname, from mac Conchradha. See McEnroe.
• Also as an Irish surname, calque of Irish fiach (“crow, raven”) (see also Fee).

Proper noun

Crow

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• Worc