Natchez
noun
- pl. Natchez a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in SW Mississippi and later in Oklahoma
- the extinct language of this people, thought to be related to Muskogean
See Natchez in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(năchˈĭz)
noun pl. Natchez Natchez a. A Native American people formerly located on the lower Mississippi River near present-day Natchez. The Natchez ceased to exist as a people after war with the French in the early 18th century.
b. A member of this people.
- The language of the Natchez.
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(năchˈĭz)
A city of southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River southwest of Vicksburg. Founded as a fortified settlement in 1716, it was held successively by France, Great Britain, Spain, and the United States. Natchez prospered as the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace, a road connecting the city with Nashville, Tennessee, that was commercially and strategically important until the early 19th century. Population: 17,200.
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