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Hidatsa

noun Hi·dat·sa \ hi-ˈdät-sə \

Definition of Hidatsa

plural Hidatsa also Hidatsas
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Missouri River valley in North Dakota
2 : the Siouan language of the Hidatsa

Origin and Etymology of hidatsa

Hidatsa hirá·ca, a Hidatsa subgroup

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