Etymology

Anadarko

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Today it means: A city, the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. Full definition →

Caddo Nadá-kuh
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The story

  1. Caddo · derived fromNadá-kuh“place of bumblebees”
  2. English todayAnadarko

Uncertain. Probably from Nadaco (a tribe indigenous to Oklahoma), from Caddo Nadá-kuh (“place of bumblebees”). The prothetic A- is widely considered to be the result of a clerical error made when the post office of Anadarko, Oklahoma was established.

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