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Anadarko

Anadarko proper noun: a city, the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.

Proper noun

Anadarko

  1. A city, the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.

Origin of Anadarko

Uncertain. Probably from Nadaco (a tribe indigenous to Oklahoma), from Caddo Nadá-kuh (“place of bumblebees”). The prothetic A- is widely considered to be the result of a clerical error made when the post office of Anadarko, Oklahoma was established.

Questions about Anadarko

What does Anadarko mean?
Anadarko means a city, the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.
What part of speech is Anadarko?
Anadarko is a proper noun.

Words near Anadarko in the dictionary

  1. anacyclamides
  2. anacyclic
  3. anacyclosis
  4. Anadama
  5. Anadama bread
  6. Anadarko
  7. anadem
  8. anadems
  9. anadenia
  10. ANADEW
  11. anadicrotic

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