"Black Elk" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Black Elks [plural]
Etymology: From black (“color”) + elk (“wapiti”). Calque of any of several indigenous languages of North America * (Lakota): Calque of Lakota Heȟáka Sápa; from Lakota heȟáka (“elk”)+sápa (“black”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|elk|gloss1=color|gloss2=wapiti}} black (“color”) + elk (“wapiti”), {{sense|Lakota}} (Lakota):, {{calque|en|lkt|Heȟáka Sápa}} Calque of Lakota Heȟáka Sápa, {{der|en|lkt|-}} Lakota Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Black Elk (plural Black Elks)
  1. (countable) An Amerindian surname. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Black_Elk-en-name-LfY0j~le Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53
  2. (countable) An Amerindian surname.
    A surname from Lakota.
    Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Black_Elk-en-name-tsVp9ZWN Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Lakota translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Lakota translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Black-Elk, Blackelk Translations (Translations): Heȟáka Sápa (Lakota)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 50 50
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