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Qualla

Qualla proper noun: territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina.

Proper noun

the Qualla

  1. Territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina.
    • It was at this time that the once nearly pure blooded Qualla Cherokees were recognized as having a contingency of black and white mixbloods as well as Cherokee / Catawba mixbloods living among them.1998, Laurence French, The Qualla Cherokee Surviving in Two Worlds, page 71

Questions about Qualla

What does Qualla mean?
Qualla means territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina.
What part of speech is Qualla?
Qualla is a proper noun.

Words near Qualla in the dictionary

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