Crow

See also: crow

English

Etymology 1

From French gens de corbeaux, calque of Dakota apsáaloke (“crow people”). Compare Crow Apsáalooke.

Pronunciation

enPR: krō, IPA^(key): /kɹoʊ/
Rhymes: -oʊ
Homophone: crow

Noun

Crow (plural Crows or Crow)

A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
Synonym: Crow Indian

Translations

Translations

Blackfoot: Issapó
Crow: Apsáalooke
German: Krähenindianer (de) m
Hidatsa: gixaaʔiccá

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

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.

Anagrams

Worc

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