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a domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes
a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American indians in the southwestern United States
{i} American Indian shelter that has a roof made of a framework of poles covered by brush or matting

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    () Though wickiups were built by many different tribes, the word apparently comes from wiikiyaapi or wikiyapy"Wickiup Definition - Dictionary." MSN Encarta. 2007. Microsoft Corporation. 22 April 2007 http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861713131/wickiup.html meaning "lodge" or "house" in the Sac and Fox or Mesquakie language.""wickiup." The World in So Many Words. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. Answers.com 23 April 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/wickiup "Wickiups" could be found in the Southwestern United States region. More specifically the term was present "among Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and California""wickiup." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Columbia University Press., 2003. Answers.com 23 April 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/wickiup and originated from the Sac and Fox, two dialects of the same language that belong to the Algonquian language family. Algonquian, a language spoken by many tribes, should not to be confused with Algonquin, the people of a tribe closer to Ottawa. By 2007 the language was spoken by about seven hundred members of the tribe in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Perhaps a variant of wikiwam ‘wigwam’.