Arapaho

[ uh-rap-uh-hoh ]

/ əˈræp əˌhoʊ /

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noun, plural A·rap·a·hos, (especially collectively) A·rap·a·ho.

a member of a tribe of North American Indians of Algonquian speech stock, once dwelling in the Colorado plains and now in Oklahoma and Wyoming.

an Algonquian language, the language of the Arapaho.

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Also A·rap·a·hoe .

Words nearby Arapaho

Aranha, Aran Islands, Aranrhod, Arany, Aranyaka, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Arapaho Peak, arapaima, Arapesh, Ararat

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How to use Arapaho in a sentence

C’Bearing says that other tribes called the Arapaho the “Blue Sky People,” but the name also has significance for a variety of Indigenous communities in the area.
Using Maps to Empower Indigenous Communities|awise|July 12, 2021|Outside Online
Resurfacing and sharing this essential history, she believes, will raise awareness in the general public and empower Arapaho people through their own stories.
Using Maps to Empower Indigenous Communities|awise|July 12, 2021|Outside Online
Through the digital mapping tool, they are following the Arapaho people’s journey across the country from the Great Lakes area, where the Arapaho origin story says they came from.
Using Maps to Empower Indigenous Communities|awise|July 12, 2021|Outside Online
The Strawbridges stayed an extra day in Denver to wait it out, then returned to the trail at Lake Granby, near Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
The Six-Person Family Chasing the Triple Crown|Maggie Slepian|April 1, 2021|Outside Online

A brief note on the Arapaho is in our volume v, p. 225, note 120.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various
The southern Arapaho are immigrants, rather than indigen, in their present localities.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
Only a part of the Arapaho, and later some of the Cheyenne, responded and came in.
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
Three days later the Cheyenne and Arapaho entered into a similar agreement at the same place.
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
This was the only hostile act committed at the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency during the outbreak (Report, 38).
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney

British Dictionary definitions for Arapaho

Arapaho

/ (əˈræpəˌhəʊ) /

noun

plural -hos or -ho a member of a North American Indian people of the Plains, now living chiefly in Oklahoma and Wyoming

the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

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