Crow

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

• enPR: krō, IPA^(key): /kɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: cro, crow

Crow (plural Crows or Crow)

1. A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

   Synonym: Crow Indian

Crow

1. (linguistics) The Siouan language of this tribe.

   Synonym: (obsolete) Absaroki

• Ethnologue entry for Crow, cro ⁠
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Crow”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• From Middle English Crowe, 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).

Crow

1. A surname.

• Worc