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Arikara

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A·rik·a·ra  (-rkr-)
n. pl. Arikara or A·rik·a·ras
1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the Missouri River valley from Kansas into the Dakotas and now located in western North Dakota. Traditional Arikara life was based on agriculture and trade with the Plains Indians to the west.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Caddoan language of the Arikara.
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Noun1.ArikaraArikara - a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
Aricara
Caddo - a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
2.Arikara - the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
Aricara
Caddoan, Caddoan language, Caddo - a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo


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