Caddo

American  

[kad-oh] / ˈkæd oʊ /

noun

plural

Caddos,

plural

Caddo

1. a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.

2. the Caddoan language of the Caddo.

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Etymology

Origin of Caddo

From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band

Example Sentences

Louisiana's Department of Health confirmed on Sunday that the two men who died of hypothermia were in Caddo Parish, a region which contains the city of Shreveport.

From BBC

Carewe’s scenarios often were written by older brother Finis Fox, who was born in 1881 in Caddo, another small town in the territory that would become Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times

Absentee ballots accounted for about 17% of the vote in the Caddo Parish race.

From Seattle Times

But they both won the same 10 parishes: Caddo in northwest Louisiana; East Carroll, Madison and Tensas on the northeastern border; and six parishes near Baton Rouge and New Orleans in southeast Louisiana.

From Seattle Times

Jurors deliberated about two hours before returning unanimous verdicts against Ureka Rochelle Black, 34, of Shreveport, the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office said.

From Seattle Times