aricara

Questions about aricara

What does aricara mean?

aricara means "a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aricara?

aricara has 4 syllables and divides as a-ri-ca-ra under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for aricara?

Close synonyms include Arikara, Arikara. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aricara a common word?

aricara is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.