ogalala

Other forms of ogalala

plural

ogalalas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ogalala

What does ogalala mean?

ogalala means "a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ogalala?

ogalala has 4 syllables: o-ga-la-la. The stress falls on "ga".

What is another word for ogalala?

Close synonyms include Oglala, Oglala. 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 ogalala a common word?

ogalala 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.