Caddo

noun Cad·do \ˈka-(ˌ)dō\

plural Caddo or Caddos

Definition of CADDO

: a member of a group of American Indian peoples of Louisiana, Arkansas, and eastern Texas

: the language of the Caddo peoples

American French Cadaux, modification of American Spanish Cadojodacho, from Caddo kaduhdá·čuʔ, a Caddo tribe

First Known Use: 1805

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