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Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. Full definition →
Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.