Etymology

Atakapa

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Today it means: A member of an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Full definition →

Choctaw hatak apa
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  1. Choctaw · borrowed fromhatak apa
  2. English todayAtakapa

Borrowing from Choctaw hatak apa (literally “man eater”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.