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- Creek · derived fromwe-chate“red water”
- English todayWichita
Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A member of a tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Full definition →
Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.