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Unakas

US/juˈneɪkəz/

Unakas proper noun: a mountain range in the southern Appalachians, on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina; since 1932 defined as the northern segment (north of the Little Tennessee River) of a range the southern segment of which is known as the Unicois (historically the two names sometimes interchangeably designated the whole range). Also the plural of Unaka.

Proper noun

Unakas

  1. A mountain range in the southern Appalachians, on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina; since 1932 defined as the northern segment (north of the Little Tennessee River) of a range the southern segment of which is known as the Unicois (historically the two names sometimes interchangeably designated the whole range).

Also used as

Unakas is also the plural of Unaka.

Origin of Unakas

Plural of Unaka, from Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”). Doublet of Unicoi.

Questions about Unakas

What does Unakas mean?
Unakas means a mountain range in the southern Appalachians, on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina; since 1932 defined as the northern segment (north of the Little Tennessee River) of a range the southern segment of which is known as the Unicois (historically the two names sometimes interchangeably designated the whole range).
What part of speech is Unakas?
Unakas is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Unakas?
Unakas is pronounced /juˈneɪkəz/ (US).

Words near Unakas in the dictionary

  1. unairworthiness
  2. unairworthy
  3. unais
  4. unaisled
  5. Unaka
  6. Unakas
  7. Unakhotana
  8. unakin
  9. unakite
  10. unakites
  11. unakitic

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