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Gros Ventre

  [groh -vahnt]
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–noun
a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 mi. (161 km) long.
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At·si·na   (āt-sē'nə)   
n.   pl. Atsina or At·si·nas In all senses also called Gros Ventre.

    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the plains of northern Montana and southern Saskatchewan, with a present-day population in north central Montana.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The Algonquian language of the Atsina, dialectally related to Arapaho.

Gros Ventre   (grō' vänt')   
n.   pl. Gros Ventre or Gros Ventres (vänt')

  1. See Atsina.

  2. See Hidatsa.


[French, big belly : gros, big + ventre, belly (from an indigenous sign-language gesture designating this people that suggested a big belly).]
Hi·dat·sa   (hē-dät'sä)   
n.   pl. Hidatsa or Hi·dat·sas In both senses also called Gros Ventre.

    1. A Native American people inhabiting an area along the Missouri River in western North Dakota.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The Siouan language of this people.


[Hidatsa, people of the willows.]
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