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🍮 Caramelized surface 🪶 Lakota people 🧑‍🎨 A surname 🌊 A place name
Brulé

Brulé

9.9
A group of Lakota people from the Great Plains
  • proper noun
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  • Members of the Brulé community gather annually to celebrate their heritage.

Examples

  • The Brulé have preserved many traditional songs and dances over generations.

  • Historians study the migration patterns of the Brulé across the Great Plains.

  • The Brulé people have a rich cultural heritage.

  • Did you know that the Brulé are part of the Lakota tribe?

  • The Brulé people have a rich cultural heritage that continues to thrive today.

  • Members of the Brulé community gather annually to celebrate their traditions and history.

  • Historians study the migration patterns of the Brulé across the Great Plains.

Synonyms

Brule
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1 9.9

A group of Teton Sioux people who live mainly on the Rosebud and Lower Brule reservations in South Dakota

is the wider branch grouping of that people rather than one person

Surface Forms

Brulé main

Etymology

Brulé as the name of a Lakota branch comes from the French word brûlé meaning 'burnt', a name given by French visitors as a translation of the group's own Lakota name, and that is why the branch is called Brulé today.