Arapaho

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US/əˈɹeɪpəhoʊ/

noun

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

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ArapahoeArapaho languageArapahoe language
OriginHidatsa arúpahu ← Crow aaraxpéahu →
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Meanings

nounArapaho (plural Arapahos or Arapaho)

plural Arapahos

  1. A member of a Native American people of Wyoming and Oklahoma.
proper noun
  1. The Algonquian language of this people.
  2. A town, the county seat of Custer County, Oklahoma, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)

Similar
Arapahoe
Broader
AlgonquianAlgonquinPlains IndianBuffalo Indian

nounthe Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho

Similar
ArapahoeArapaho languageArapahoe language
Broader
AlgonquianAlgonquinAlgonquian language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Crowaaraxpéahu“tattooed person”
  2. Hidatsaarúpahu“Arapaho person”
  3. EnglishArapaho

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

More words from Hidatsa, Crow

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Translations

French Arapaho
  • Arapaholanguage
Irish Arapachóis
  • Arapachóislanguage
Portuguese arapaho, arapaho
  • arapahoa member of a Native American people
  • arapaholanguage
Cite this entry
APA

Arapaho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arapaho

MLA

“Arapaho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arapaho. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arapaho,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arapaho.

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