noun
1. a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
• Syn: ↑Attacapan
• Hypernyms: ↑Plains Indian, ↑Buffalo Indian
2. a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
• Hypernyms: ↑Amerind, ↑Amerindian language, ↑American-Indian language, ↑American Indian, ↑Indian
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/euh tak"euh peuh, -pah', -paw'/, n., pl. Atakapas, (esp. collectively) Atakapa.
1. a member of an American Indian people living along the coast of Louisiana.
2. the language of the Atakapa Indians.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.