Choctaw
pronunciation
How to pronounce Choctaw in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɔktɔ:]
How to pronounce Choctaw in American English:
US [ˈtʃɑktɔ]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
- the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw people
Word Origin
- Choctaw
- 1722, from Choctaw Chahta, of uncertain meaning, but also said to be from Spanish chato "flattened," for the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants. As a figure skating step, first recorded 1892. Sometimes used in 19c. American English as typical of a difficult or incomprehensible language (compare Greek in this sense from c. 1600).
Example
- 1. Culture and customs of the choctaw indians .
- 2. How can you leave out the story of mattie ross avenging her father 's blood over in the choctaw nation when the snow was on the ground ?
- 3. Thus it was taken into the choctaw native american language , whose expression " okeh " meant something like " it is so " .
- 4. The name " oklahoma " comes from the choctaw words okla humma , " red people " .
- 5. The farms of the most populous tribes-the choctaw , creek , chickasaw , seminole , and cherokee-were particularly coveted by outsiders because they were located in prime agricultural areas and were very well developed .