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- Cherokee · borrowed fromᎤᏁᎬ“white”
- English todayUnicoi
From Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”) + a placename suffix. Doublet of Unakas.
Words from the same roots
CherokeeᎤᏁᎬ all →
Unakas
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A town in Unicoi County, Tennessee. Full definition →
From Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”) + a placename suffix. Doublet of Unakas.
CherokeeᎤᏁᎬ all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.