Ponca

American  

[pong-kuh] / ˈpɒŋ kə /

noun

plural

Poncas,

plural

Ponca

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.

2. the Siouan language of the Ponca, mutually intelligible with Omaha.

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Example Sentences

Rissa Pittman, then a store manager in Ponca City, Okla., said it was easier to staff her store after 2015 as wages improved and it became easier to train workers for promotions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Also, most of the songs are in the Ponca language, a sister to Osage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

And, though he’s the governor of Florida — known more for its beaches and theme parks than calf-roping or bull riding — DeSantis’ later stop in Ponca wasn’t, as they say, his first rodeo.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023

In 1879, he and 29 other Ponca members traveled back to Nebraska, where they were arrested by the Army and imprisoned in Fort Omaha.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

A week later, another operative from the team—No. 46—was sent to locate Brown in Ponca City, twenty-five miles northwest of Gray Horse.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann