Kickapoo

Kickapoo
Kickapoos Kick`a*poos", n. pl.; sing. {Kickapoo}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes. [1913 Webster]

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  • Kickapoo — could refer to: Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Other uses 4 See also People The Kickapoo people, a Native American nation, speaking the …   Wikipedia

  • Kickapoo —   [ kɪkəpuː], mit den Fox verwandter nordamerikanischer Indianerstamm der Algonkin. Die Kickapoo lebten ursprünglich in Wisconsin; durch Wanderungen wurden sie in drei Gruppen geteilt: In Kansas (Reservation) leben 1 300, in Oklahoma 2 000 und… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Kickapoo — ☆ Kickapoo [kik′ə po͞o΄ ] n. [< Kickapoo kiikaapoa < ? ] 1. pl. Kickapoos or Kickapoo a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in N Illinois and S Wisconsin, now living in Kansas, Oklahoma, and N Mexico 2. the Algonquian… …   English World dictionary

  • Kickapoo — Kickapous Les Kickapous ou Kickapoos sont une des tribus amérindiennes parlant une langue algonquienne. Selon les Anishinaabe, ils prétendent que leur nom Kickapoo (Giiwigaabaw dans la langue Anishinaabe) signifie se tient ici et là et fait… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kickapoo — Die Kickapoo sind Algonkin sprechende, mit den Sauk und Fox verwandte Indianer, die auf der Portage zwischen den Flüssen Fox River und Wisconsin River lebten, vermutlich im heutigen Columbia County, Wisconsin, als Europäer erstmals von ihnen im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kickapoo — /kik euh pooh /, n. 1. a member of an Algonquian tribe of North American Indians that originally lived in the upper Midwest and now reside in Coahuila, Mexico, and in Kansas and Oklahoma. 2. the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Kickapoo …   Universalium

  • Kickapoo — [ kɪkəpu:] noun (plural same or Kickapoos) 1》 a member of an American Indian people formerly living in Wisconsin, and now in Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico. 2》 the Algonquian language of the Kickapoo. Origin from Kickapoo kiikaapoa …   English new terms dictionary

  • kickapoo — Pueblo indígena de América del Norte relacionado con los sauks y los fox, que vive en Kansas, Oklahoma, y Texas, EE.UU., así como en el norte de México. El nombre es una variante de la palabra algonquina kiwegapawa, que significa el que está… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Kickapoo — Sp Kikapu nkt. Ap Kickapoo L u. JAV (Viskonsinas) …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

  • Kickapoo — Kick•a•poo [[t]ˈkɪk əˌpu[/t]] n. pl. poos, (esp. collectively) poo. 1) peo a member of an American Indian people that formerly lived in the upper Midwest and now reside in Kansas, Oklahoma, and the state of Coahuila in Mexico 2) peo the dialect… …   From formal English to slang

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