Choctaw

(c̸häktô′, -tä′)

noun

  1. pl. Choctaws or Choctaw a member of a North American Indian people that lived in S Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana and now lives in Oklahoma and Mississippi
  2. the Muskogean language of this people

Origin: Choctaw chahta, a self-designation

See Choctaw in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Choctaw Choctaw or Choc·taws
  1. a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting central and southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, with present-day populations in Mississippi and southeast Oklahoma. The Choctaw were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. The Muskogean language of the Choctaw.

Origin:

Origin: Choctaw Chahta

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