Main Entry:

Arap·a·ho

Variant(s):

or Arap·a·hoe \ə-ˈra-pə-ˌhō\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Arap·a·ho or Arap·a·hos or Arap·a·hoe or Arap·a·hoes

Etymology:

probably from Hidatsa arúpahu Arapaho, or a cognate word in another Siouan language

Date:

1812

1 : a member of an American Indian people of the plains region ranging from Saskatchewan and Manitoba to New Mexico and Texas 2 : the Algonquian language of the Arapaho people