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Tecumseh

Tecumseh proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun

Tecumseh

  1. A male given name.
    • Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 271
  2. A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65.
  4. An unincorporated census-designated place in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.
  7. A city and township in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
  9. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.
  10. A city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Origin of Tecumseh

Borrowed from Shawnee Tekámthi.

Words formed from Tecumseh

Phrases with Tecumseh

Questions about Tecumseh

What does Tecumseh mean?
Tecumseh means a male given name.
What part of speech is Tecumseh?
Tecumseh is a proper noun.

Words near Tecumseh in the dictionary

  1. tects
  2. tectum
  3. tectum argenti
  4. Tecuci
  5. tecum
  6. Tecumseh
  7. Tecumseh step test
  8. Tecumseh step tests
  9. Tecwyn
  10. ted
  11. TED spread

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