Ponca

[pong-kuh]

noun

plural

Poncas ,

plural

Ponca .

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.

2. the Siouan language of the Ponca, mutually intelligible with Omaha.

Example Sentences

Rissa Pittman, then a store manager in Ponca City, Okla., said it was easier to staff her store after 2015 as wages improved and it became easier to train workers for promotions.

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Also, most of the songs are in the Ponca language, a sister to Osage.

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“I would have preferred that we found the children,” said Judi gaiashkibos, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs.

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The big event was staged Saturday in Ponca City, billed as “Military Appreciation Night,” with many, many American flags in evidence.

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And, though he’s the governor of Florida — known more for its beaches and theme parks than calf-roping or bull riding — DeSantis’ later stop in Ponca wasn’t, as they say, his first rodeo.

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