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Taensas

Taensas is the plural of Taensa.

Meaning of Taensa

Noun

Taensa (plural Taensas or Taensa)

  1. (historical) A member of a Native American people whose settlements at the time of European contact in the late 17th century were located in present-day Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
    • The Very Rev. Mr. Montigny took up his residence among the Taensas, a tribe allied to the Natchez.1886, John Gilmary Shea, A History of the Catholic Church Within the Limits of the United States, page 539

Questions about Taensas

What is Taensas the plural of?
Taensas is the plural of Taensa.

Words near Taensas in the dictionary

  1. taeniosis
  2. taenite
  3. taenites
  4. taenoid
  5. Taensa
  6. Taensas
  7. taepan
  8. taepans
  9. taepyeongso
  10. taf
  11. tafamidis

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