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Meskwaki

Meskwaki noun: a member of a Native American people of the Great Lakes region.

Noun

Meskwaki (plural Meskwakis or Meskwaki)

  1. A member of a Native American people of the Great Lakes region.

Forms of Meskwaki

pluralMeskwakis
pluralMeskwaki
alternative formMeskwahki
alternative formMesquakie

Origin of Meskwaki

From Fox Meshkwahkihaki (“red men”), from meshkwâwi (“red”).

Questions about Meskwaki

What does Meskwaki mean?
Meskwaki means a member of a Native American people of the Great Lakes region.
What part of speech is Meskwaki?
Meskwaki is a noun.
What is the plural of Meskwaki?
The plural of Meskwaki is Meskwakis.

Words near Meskwaki in the dictionary

  1. Meskheti
  2. Meskhetian
  3. Meskhetians
  4. Mesko
  5. Meskos
  6. Meskwaki
  7. Meskwakis
  8. Mesler
  9. Meslers
  10. Mesley
  11. meslin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Meskwaki (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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