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CHOCTAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Choctaw mean?
• CHOCTAW (noun)
The noun CHOCTAW has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
2. the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw
Familiarity information: CHOCTAW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Choctaw" is a kind of...):
Muskhogean; Muskogean (a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Chahta; Choctaw
Hypernyms ("Choctaw" is a kind of...):
Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean; Muskogean language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States)
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