Crow
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English
Etymology 1
From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.
Pronunciation
Noun
Crow (plural Crows or Crow)
- A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
- Synonym: Crow Indian
Translations
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Proper noun
Crow
- (linguistics) The Siouan language of this tribe.
- Synonym: (obsolete) Absaroki
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Crow, cro
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Etymology 2
- From Middle English Crowe, as an Old English surname, related to crow.
- As an Irish surname, from mac Conchradha. See McEnroe.
- Also as an Irish surname, calque of Irish fiach (“crow, raven”) (see also Fee).
Proper noun
Crow
- A surname.