Houma
Syllables: Hou·ma
Houma noun: a historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.
Noun
Houma pl (plural only)
- A historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.
- For the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, the goal now is to bring their community back together.
But Sanders said the reality was more complex as some residents identify with another tribe - the Houma Nation - while others have no tribal affiliation. The funds will be spent on helping all those...2018 April 21, Nicky Milne, “Louisiana 'islanders' find a new home beyond the water”, in Megan Rowling, Belinda Goldsmith, editors, Reuters, World
- For the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, the goal now is to bring their community back together.
Proper noun (1)
Houma
- A city, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- Comardelle - who left the island for the city of Houma in southeast Louisiana - splits her life between raising her family and the fight for her people's future, and has spent so much time in the office that her three children keep toys there.2018 April 21, Nicky Milne, “Louisiana 'islanders' find a new home beyond the water”, in Megan Rowling, Belinda Goldsmith, editors, Reuters, World
- In hard-hit Houma, the dismal reality of life without air conditioning, refrigeration or other more basic needs began to sink in.2021 September 1, “Hundreds of thousands in Louisiana face prolonged power, water outages after Hurricane Ida”, in France 24, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2021
Proper noun (2)
Houma
- A county-level city of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- Having gone to Chiang Chou from Chü-wo by the northern route through Hou-ma, we returned over a bypath through mountains in the south which has been gradually elevated from the Fêng River valley by loess deposit.[1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections)...
- “Team No. 14 arrived at Linfen on the 2nd of February. The fighting in that area was in the vicinity of Houma, but the situation is now stabilized and there lias been no fighting since the arrival of the team.1946 February 28, “Briefing of Committee of Three and Commissioners, Thursday, February 28, 1946, 4 p.m.”, in Foreign Relations of the United States, volume IX, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing...
Forms of Houma
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Origin of Houma
The city was named after the people.
From Mandarin 侯馬／侯马 (Hóumǎ).
Questions about Houma
- What does Houma mean?
- Houma means a historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.
- What part of speech is Houma?
- Houma can be a noun or a proper noun.
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