Mikasuki
Americannoun
plural
Mikasukis,plural
Mikasuki-
a member of an American Indian people, formerly part of the Creek Confederacy and surviving chiefly as one of the two branches of the Muskogean family represented among the Florida Seminoles.
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the Muskogean language of the Mikasuki.
Etymology
Origin of Mikasuki
< a native town name
Example Sentences
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In the Mikasuki language, Immokalee means “My Home,” and the pride of the people who choose to stay can be as thick as the July humidity.
From Los Angeles Times
When completed, the jetport itself would displace some 200 Mikasuki Indians, who were guaranteed a small area in which to continue their tribal ways and colorful rituals.
From Time Magazine Archive
About 1810 these people had twenty towns, the chief ones being Mikasuki and Tallahassee.
From Project Gutenberg
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