Cahokia

[ kuh-hoh-kee-uh ]

/ kəˈhoʊ ki ə /

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noun

a city in SW Illinois.

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Words nearby Cahokia

Caguas, Cahaba, Cahan, cahier, cahill, Cahokia, Cahokia Mounds, cahoot, cahoots, cahow, Cahuilla

How to use Cahokia in a sentence

In the Americas, archaeologists are looking at how indigenous cities like Cahokia in today’s southern Illinois were settled by people born elsewhere.
How technology helped archaeologists dig deeper|Annalee Newitz|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Had the British forces immediately pushed on, this same scene might have been repeated at Kaskaskia and Cahokia.
The Old Northwest|Frederic Austin Ogg
They even gave Clark a volunteer company 187 to march with him upon Cahokia, and that village, too, soon became American.
Erskine Dale--Pioneer|John Fox
Permanent garrisons were placed at Vincennes and Cahokia, and at Kaskaskia.
Erskine Dale--Pioneer|John Fox

Cahokia is the great mound near St. Louis, on the Illinois side of the river.
The Trail Book|Mary Austin
Black men had been thrown into Cahokia Creek and stormed with bricks each time they rose to the surface until drowned.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights|Kelly Miller