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Kickapoo

Kickapoo

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A Native American language that people from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois speak
  • noun
: idioma kickapoo
  • Only a few hundred people still speak Kickapoo fluently today.

Examples

  • She is studying the Kickapoo language as part of her research on Native American cultures.

  • Linguists are working to preserve Kickapoo for future generations.

  • The Kickapoo language is rich in history.

  • Are there any Kickapoo speakers in your community?

  • Linguists are working to preserve Kickapoo for future generations.

  • Only a few hundred people still speak Kickapoo fluently today.

  • She is studying the Kickapoo language as part of her research on Native American cultures.

Synonyms

Kickapoo language
vsKickapoo
9.9

A language of the Kickapoo people spoken in parts of the United States and Mexico

has the same meaning but lacks the geographic detail about US and Mexico

Compounds

Kickapoo language
9.9

A language of the Kickapoo people spoken in parts of the United States and Mexico

Surface Forms

Kickapoo singular
Kickapoos plural

Etymology

Kickapoo also names the language of that group and comes from the same Algonquian word Kiikaapoa, meaning 'wanderer' or 'he moves about'. So the language is called Kickapoo because it belongs to the people with that name.