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Ponca

noun
Pon·ca
variants: or Ponka \ˈpäŋkə \
plural Ponca or Poncas or Ponka or Ponkas

Definition of Ponca 

1a : a Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska

b : a member of such people

2 : a dialect of Dhegiha spoken by the Ponca people

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