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Miccosukee

Miccosukee noun: a member of a Native American tribe of Florida.

Noun

Miccosukee (plural Miccosukees or Miccosukee)

  1. A member of a Native American tribe of Florida.
    • Some of the Everglades die-hards trace back to the gritty pioneering Gladesmen who settled in the wilderness and survived off the land, much like the Miccosukees and Seminoles before them.2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times
    • During the Seminole Wars of the 1800s, in which U.S. forces fought to expel tribes from Florida, the Miccosukee and their kin, the Seminoles, eluded capture by hiding on tree islands, which are formed by sediment accumulating in roots.2024 October 29, Jennifer Reed, “Stepping Into a Hidden World in the Everglades”, in The New York Times

Proper noun

Miccosukee

  1. Their language, closely related to Hitchiti.
    Synonyms:
    Mikasuki

Synonyms of Miccosukee

Forms of Miccosukee

pluralMiccosukees
pluralMiccosukee
alternative formMikasuki

Questions about Miccosukee

What does Miccosukee mean?
Miccosukee means a member of a Native American tribe of Florida.
What part of speech is Miccosukee?
Miccosukee can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Miccosukee?
The plural of Miccosukee is Miccosukees.

Words near Miccosukee in the dictionary

  1. Micawberism
  2. Micawberly
  3. micawbers
  4. Micciche
  5. Micciches
  6. Miccosukee
  7. Miccosukees
  8. mice
  9. mice-less
  10. miced
  11. miced up

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