Edisto

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proper noun

A subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina.

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proper noun

alternative Edistow

  1. historicalA subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina.
  2. One of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.
  3. A free-flowing blackwater river in South Carolina, flowing from its sources in Saluda and Edgefield counties, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach.
  4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Edisto Beach.

    “At this point in the investigation there is no evidence the horrific fire at Judge Goodstein’s Edisto home was intentionally set,” South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster added in a post on X.

    2025 October 6, Cindy Von Quednow, “South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2025
nounEdisto (plural Edistos)

plural Edistos · alternative Edistow

  1. historicalA member of the Native American subtribe of South Carolina.

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APA

Edisto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edisto

MLA

“Edisto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edisto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Edisto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edisto.

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