HyperDic: caddo

English > 2 senses of the word Caddo:
NOUNperson Caddoa group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
communicationCaddo, Caddoan, Caddoan languagea family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
English > Caddo: 2 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningA group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
NarrowerArikara, AricaraA member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
EyeishA member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas
KichaiA member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas
PawneeA member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
WichitaA member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas
BroaderPlains Indian, Buffalo IndianA member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
English > Caddo: 2 senses > noun 2, communication
MeaningA family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo.
SynonymsCaddoan, Caddoan language
NarrowerArikara, AricaraThe Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
PawneeThe Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
WichitaThe Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita
BroaderAmerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, IndianA member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
Spanishcaddo
Catalancaddo

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