1. Atakapa - Noun
2. Atakapa - Proper noun
a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
Source: WordNetMany Acadians moved to the region of the Atakapa in present-day Louisiana, often travelling via the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti ). Source: Internet