Quapaw

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔːpɔː/

noun (plural or Quapaws)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of the Arkansas River region, now living mainly in NE Oklahoma.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct Siouan language of the Quapaw.

adjective

  • relating to the Quapaw or their language.

Origin:

from Quapaw okáxpa, originally the name of a village