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Ofo

Ofo

1 9.9
A Native American person who once lived in the Yazoo River valley in Mississippi
  • noun
: Ofo
  • Many historians study the culture and traditions of the Ofo, a Native American people.

Examples

  • The Ofo people faced significant challenges after European settlers arrived in their territory.

  • It was in the heat of battle, and he thought an Ofo had come up behind him. "That's true."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The Ofo were known for their strong agricultural practices in the Yazoo River valley.

Synonyms

Siouan
vsOfo
1 9.9

A person who belongs to a Native American group that speaks Sioux languages

is a local subgroup that lived in the Yazoo River valley in Mississippi

Compounds

Ofo language
9.9

A language once spoken by the Ofo people in the lower Mississippi Valley that is no longer spoken

Surface Forms

Ofo singular
Ofos plural

Etymology

Ofo comes from the name the group used for 'themselves' in a Siouan language of the lower Mississippi valley, so it refers to that Native American people.