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KEOKUK
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• KEOKUK (noun)
The noun KEOKUK has 1 sense:
1. Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
Familiarity information: KEOKUK used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Sac; Sauk (a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay)
Indian chief; Indian chieftain (the leader of a group of Native Americans)
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