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Arikara

noun Arik·a·ra \ ə-ˈri-kə-rə \

Definition of Arikara

plural Arikara
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Missouri River valley in North Dakota
2 : the language of the Arikara

Origin and Etymology of arikara

probably from a Pawnee name for an Arikara band

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