Arikara

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/əˈɹɪkəɹə/

noun

A member of a tribe of Native Americans in what is today North Dakota, who are today enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.

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Meanings

nounArikara (plural Arikaras or Arikara)

plural Arikaras · alternative Arikaree · alternative Ree

  1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans in what is today North Dakota, who are today enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.
proper noun

alternative Arikaree · alternative Ree

  1. The Caddoan language of this people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river

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Caddo

nounthe Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. ariaríka“horn”
  2. EnglishArikara

Possibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Arikara on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.