Caddo
Americannoun
plural
Caddos,plural
Caddo-
a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.
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the Caddoan language of the Caddo.
Etymology
Origin of Caddo
From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band
Example Sentences
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They ranged in age from 3 to 11, according to the Caddo Parish coroner's office.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
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 • Mar. 7, 2024
Two other deaths - a 62-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man - were also as a result of the heat in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, according to CBS, the BBC's US partner.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2023
Ivon Adams III, 36, was booked into the county jail Thursday night, the Caddo County Sheriff’s Office said on its website.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023
After De Soto’s army left the Caddo stopped erecting community centers and began digging community cemeteries.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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