n.
Variant: or Arap · a · hoe
Pronunciation: ə - ' ra-p ə - ˌ h ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ho or -hos or -hoe or -hoes
Etymology: probably from Hidatsa arúpahu Arapaho, or a cognate word in another Siouan language
Date: 1812
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the plains region ranging from Saskatchewan and Manitoba to New Mexico and Texas
2 : the Algonquian language of the Arapaho people