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Cad⋅do

  [kad-oh]
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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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Cad·do   (kād'ō)   
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.

  2. The Caddoan language of the Caddo.


[French, from Caddo kaduhdā·ču, a major tribe of the Caddo confederacy.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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