Home › Words › A › arikaraarikara/əˈɹɪkəɹə/arikara means the Caddoan language of this people.arikara is pronounced /əˈɹɪkəɹə/.EtymologyPossibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).nameThe Caddoan language of this people.nounA member of a tribe of Native Americans in what is today North Dakota, who are today enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.arikaran 74% match — Relating to the Arikara people. vs arikara →chiricahua 54% match — A member of a particular Native American tribe. vs arikara →cherokee 54% match — A member of an indigenous North American people. vs arikara →kiriri 53% match — A member of an indigenous people of eastern Brazil. vs arikara →dakota 53% match — A member of the Dakota people. vs arikara →arawak 52% match — A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America. vs arikara →arkie 52% match — A native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America. vs arikara →kabardian 51% match — A member of a Circassian tribe of the Northwest Caucasus. vs arikara →