Definitions for Caddoan

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Caddoan Cad·do·an

Spelling: [kad-oh-uh n]

IPA: /ˈkæd oʊ ən/

Caddoan is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in Caddoan (aacddno).

Definitions for Caddoan

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the upper Missouri valley in North Dakota, in the Platte valley in Nebraska, in southwestern Arkansas, and in neighboring parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.

Origin of Caddoan

Caddo + -an

Examples for Caddoan

The name was indiscriminately applied by various later writers, but always to one of the Caddoan tribes or group of tribes.

The Caddoan peoples seem to have been on the southern plains from earliest times.

The Caddoan tribes were mostly agricultural and sedentary, and to-day they are distinguished by their industry and intelligence.

The three linguistic families to be considered are the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan.