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Hi⋅dat⋅sa

[hee-daht-sah]
–noun, plural -sas, (especially collectively) -sa for 1.
1. a member of a Siouan people dwelling on the Missouri River.
2. the Siouan language of the Hidatsa tribe.
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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.

  1. The Siouan language of this people.


[Hidatsa, people of the willows.]
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