Pensacola

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/ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.

OriginChoctaw pa̱shi →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.
nounPensacola pl (plural only)
  1. historicalpluralplural onlyA Native American people who lived in the western part of what is now the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama for centuries before first contact with Europeans until early in the 18th century.

Origin

  1. Choctawpa̱shi“hair (on the head)”
  2. EnglishPensacola

From Choctaw pa̱shi (“hair (on the head)”) + okla (“people”). Literally, “people of the long hair”.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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