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Cad·do

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–noun, plural -dos, (especially collectively

) -do for 1.

1.	a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.

2.	the Caddoan language of the Caddo.

[Origin: < Caddo kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band

]

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n. pl. Caddo or Cad·dos

1. A Native American confederacy composed of numerous small tribes formerly inhabiting the Red River area of Louisiana, Arkansas, and eastern Texas and now located in central Oklahoma.
2. A member of this confederacy.
The Caddoan language of the Caddo.

[French, from Caddo kaduhdā·ču, a major tribe of the Caddo confederacy.]

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caddo
noun
1.	a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
2.	a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo

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Caddo Gap, AR Zip code(s): 71935

Caddo Mills, TX (city, FIPS 11716) Location: 33.06571 N, 96.22694 W
Population (1990): 1068 (445 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75135

Caddo County, OK (county, FIPS 15) Location: 35.18234 N, 98.38075 W
Population (1990): 29550 (13191 housing units)
Area: 3311.1 sq km (land), 31.0 sq km (water)

Caddo Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 17) Location: 32.57918 N, 93.87992 W
Population (1990): 248253 (107615 housing units)
Area: 2284.7 sq km (land), 142.2 sq km (water)

Caddo Valley, AR (town, FIPS 10360) Location: 34.18787 N, 93.07004 W
Population (1990): 389 (188 housing units)
Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Caddo, OK (town, FIPS 10800) Location: 34.13132 N, 96.26907 W
Population (1990): 918 (430 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74729

Caddo, TX Zip code(s): 76429

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