单词 | Mandan |
释义 | Mandan1/ˈmandən /A city in south central North Dakota, a northwestern suburb of Bismarck; population 18,091 (est. 2008). Mandan2/ˈmand(ə)n /noun (plural same or Mandans) 1A member of an American Indian people formerly living along the northern reaches of the Missouri River.He met the Crows in June 1805 at the Knife River villages of the Mandans and Hidatsas on the upper Missouri....
2 [mass noun] The Siouan language of the Mandan, now virtually extinct. adjective Relating to the Mandan or their language.Over the next two months the expedition constructed Fort Mandan, which they named in honor of the Mandan people....
OriginFrom North American French Mandane, probably from Dakota Sioux mawátãna. |
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