Minnetaree

noun

Min·​ne·​ta·​ree ˌmi-nə-ˈtär-ē 

variants or less commonly Minitari

plural Minnetaree also Minnetarees or Minitari

: a member of a Siouan-speaking Indigenous people of the Missouri River valley in North Dakota : hidatsa

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Mandan wrį́tari (phonetically mⁱnį́tari) "Hidatsa," borrowed from Hidatsa mirítaˑri "crosses the water"

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above