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单词 Arapaho
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Definition of Arapaho in English:

Arapaho

nounPlural Arapahosəˈrapəhəʊəˈrapəˌhō
  • 1A member of a North American people living chiefly on the Great Plains, especially in Wyoming.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Living on the High Plains had barely become comfortable for the Cheyennes and Arapahos when that life was interrupted by the great rush of Colorado gold seekers.
    • As for the western Indians, such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahos, American settlers went around them to settle the California and Oregon.
    • Beginning in 1856, Oglalas, Cheyennes, Arapahos, and a few people from other Lakota tribes waged an all-out war on the Crows.
    • Once upon a time, among the Arapaho, there was a group of highly respected young men that served as messengers.
  • 2mass noun The Algonquian language of the Arapaho, now almost extinct.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Arapaho is a tonal language.
    • No children are currently learning Arapaho as a first language spoken in the home.
    • The Arapaho language has changed rapidly over the centuries, and does not closely resemble other Algonquian languages in many ways.
adjectiveəˈrapəhəʊəˈrapəˌhō
  • Relating to the Arapaho or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On December 21, 1866, the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors attacked a wood cutting party outside the Fort.
    • Custer's Crow scouts reported the encampment of more than two thousand Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors that extended for four miles along the Little Bighorn River.
    • In 1865 he guided the column of General Patrick E. Connor from Fort Laramie up the Bozeman Trail in a march that culminated in the Battle of Tongue River and the destruction of an Arapaho village.
    • ‘We're profoundly aware of the honor,’ museum Director W. Richard West, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and a Stanford-educated corporate lawyer, said at the opening.
    • Within this cosmology, material wealth and political influence meant little; rather the ‘ultimate Arapaho concern’ was ‘to generate life, to live to old age, enjoy health, and have various blessings’.
    • In the Arapaho language, we referred to them as ‘those that fly.’
    • The first discoveries were on Battle Mountain, named for a battle between war parties of Ute and Arapaho Indians in 1849.

Origin

From Crow alappahó, literally 'many tattoo marks'.

 
 

Definition of Arapaho in US English:

Arapaho

nounəˈrapəˌhō
  • 1A member of a North American people living chiefly on the Great Plains, especially in Wyoming.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once upon a time, among the Arapaho, there was a group of highly respected young men that served as messengers.
    • As for the western Indians, such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahos, American settlers went around them to settle the California and Oregon.
    • Beginning in 1856, Oglalas, Cheyennes, Arapahos, and a few people from other Lakota tribes waged an all-out war on the Crows.
    • Living on the High Plains had barely become comfortable for the Cheyennes and Arapahos when that life was interrupted by the great rush of Colorado gold seekers.
  • 2The Algonquian language of the Arapaho, now almost extinct.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • No children are currently learning Arapaho as a first language spoken in the home.
    • Arapaho is a tonal language.
    • The Arapaho language has changed rapidly over the centuries, and does not closely resemble other Algonquian languages in many ways.
adjectiveəˈrapəˌhō
  • Relating to the Arapaho or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Custer's Crow scouts reported the encampment of more than two thousand Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors that extended for four miles along the Little Bighorn River.
    • The first discoveries were on Battle Mountain, named for a battle between war parties of Ute and Arapaho Indians in 1849.
    • In 1865 he guided the column of General Patrick E. Connor from Fort Laramie up the Bozeman Trail in a march that culminated in the Battle of Tongue River and the destruction of an Arapaho village.
    • In the Arapaho language, we referred to them as ‘those that fly.’
    • ‘We're profoundly aware of the honor,’ museum Director W. Richard West, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and a Stanford-educated corporate lawyer, said at the opening.
    • Within this cosmology, material wealth and political influence meant little; rather the ‘ultimate Arapaho concern’ was ‘to generate life, to live to old age, enjoy health, and have various blessings’.
    • On December 21, 1866, the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors attacked a wood cutting party outside the Fort.

Origin

From Crow alappahó, literally ‘many tattoo marks’.

 
 
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