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