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wakiup

wakiup is the alternative spelling of wickiup.

Meaning of wickiup

Noun

wickiup (plural wickiups)

  1. A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some seminomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States.
    • They say his real name is Cimarron Seven, of the Choctaw Indian family of Sevens; he was raised in a tepee; a wickiup had been his bedroom, a blanket his robe.1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 11

Forms of wakiup

pluralwakiups

Questions about wakiup

What is wakiup the alternative spelling of?
Wakiup is the alternative spelling of wickiup.

Words near wakiup in the dictionary

  1. waking up one day
  2. wakingly
  3. wakings
  4. wakipai
  5. Wakisi
  6. wakiup
  7. wakiups
  8. wakizashi
  9. wakizashis
  10. Wakkaliga
  11. Wakkanai

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