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Quanah

American  
[kwah-nuh] / ˈkwɑ nə /

noun

  1. Quanah Parker, 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.


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Don’t miss the dam at Quanah Parker Lake, a miniature copy of the Hoover Dam, or the views from Mount Scott, one of the highest peaks in the Wichita Mountains.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

“I have never seen anybody charter flights to Beaver Creek,” said Quanah Giuseppe VanderMeer, another member of White River First Nation.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2021

Quanah Parker was the last Comanche chief and a truly amazing individual.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2020

It was difficult to keep up with the flashing images: tepees, a feather, an Oglala flag, Korczak Ziolkowski building a cabin, pictures of famous Native leaders, from Geronimo to Quanah Parker.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

This staff descended to Timbo from Quanah Parker, once the leading chief of the Comanches.

From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth