| 单词 | Omaha |
| 释义 | Omaha|ˈəʊməhɑː|
Also † Maha, † Omawhaw. Pl. Omaha, Omahas.
[ad. Omaha umonhon upstream people.]
A Siouan people in northeastern Nebraska, or their language; a member of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1804W. Clark in Lewis & Clark Orig. Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Expedition (1904) I. 34 As we were pushing off this morning two Canoos Loaded with fur &c came to from the Mahas nation. Ibid. 124 This Village was built by a Indian Chief of the Maha nation. 1814H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. vi. 76 Mahas, (or Oo-ma-ha) Reside on the Maha creek. 1823E. James Acct. Expedition Rocky Mts. I. 190 Several of the Pawnee caches..had been broken open and robbed of their corn by the Omawhaws. 1839Boston Weekly Mag. 12 Jan. 145/2 The Omaha village was one of the most beautiful that can be imagined. 1854W. G. Simms Southward Ho! 406 The Pawnees and the Omahas were neighboring but hostile nations. 1900G. B. Grinnell Indians of To-day 12 He killed one more Omaha. 1920[see avunculate]. 1936F. B. Streeter Prairie Trails iv. 190 He went with the Omaha Indians on a buffalo hunt. 1957[see Kansa]. 1964,1968[see Crow a. 2]. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. vii. 117 The plains between the Mississippi and the Missouri were occupied by the Siouan family [of languages], of which the most significant today are Dakota (45,000) and Omaha (10,000). 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 528/3 Omaha, North American Indian people of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language stock. Ibid., Omaha social organization was elaborate, with a class system of chiefs, priests, physicians and commoners. |
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