Get to know Quapaw better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Quapaw in a sentence
Quapaw meaning
Any member of a Native American people who once lived in the Arkansas river valley.
Synonyms of Quapaw
Using Quapaw
- The main meaning on this page is: Any member of a Native American people who once lived in the Arkansas river valley.
- Useful related words include: dhegiha.
- In the example corpus, quapaw often appears in combinations such as: the quapaw, quapaw nation.
Context around Quapaw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quapaw
- In this selection, "quapaw" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nation, quarter and tribes stand out and add context to how "quapaw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the quapaw nation business and litigation the quapaw nation has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quapaw" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quapaw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After years of litigation, the Quapaw Nation has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the United States. (18 words)
The Quapaw Quarter Association's big idea is to make an important historic preservation incentive accessible to more homeowners in older around the state. (24 words)
The word "Arkansas" itself is a French pronunciation ("Arcansas") of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word, akakaze, meaning "land of downriver people" or the Sioux word akakaze meaning "people of the south wind". (34 words)
New York: Doubleday, p. 232. The area, already occupied by Osage and Quapaw tribes, was called for the Choctaw Nation until revised Native American and then later American policy redefined the boundaries to include other Native Americans. (37 words)
From left, Lloyd Buffalo, member of the Quapaw Nation Business Committee, Linda Valliere, committee treasurer, Wena Supernaw, chair of the Quapaw Nation Business Committee, and State Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Ark., attended the Saracen celebration. (35 words)
The word "Arkansas" itself is a French pronunciation ("Arcansas") of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word, akakaze, meaning "land of downriver people" or the Sioux word akakaze meaning "people of the south wind". (34 words)
Example sentences (5)
From left, Lloyd Buffalo, member of the Quapaw Nation Business Committee, Linda Valliere, committee treasurer, Wena Supernaw, chair of the Quapaw Nation Business Committee, and State Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Ark., attended the Saracen celebration.
After years of litigation, the Quapaw Nation has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the United States.
The Quapaw Quarter Association's big idea is to make an important historic preservation incentive accessible to more homeowners in older around the state.
New York: Doubleday, p. 232. The area, already occupied by Osage and Quapaw tribes, was called for the Choctaw Nation until revised Native American and then later American policy redefined the boundaries to include other Native Americans.
The word "Arkansas" itself is a French pronunciation ("Arcansas") of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word, akakaze, meaning "land of downriver people" or the Sioux word akakaze meaning "people of the south wind".
Common combinations with quapaw
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: