English

Noun

wickiup ‎(plural wickiups)

1. A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     At that time there were still indians camped on the western plains and late in the day he passed in his riding a scattered group of their wickiups propped upon that scoured and trembling waste.

See also

• other traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)

References

1. 1 2 "Wickiup", MSN Encarta, 22 April 2007 ()
2. ↑ "wickiup", The World in So Many Words (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999) via Answers.com (23 April 2007; )
3. ↑ "wickiup", The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (Columbia University Press, 2003) via Answers.com (23 April 2007, )
4. ↑ Andrew Delahunty, From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (2008)