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Pensacola en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/

Etymology

From Choctaw pa̱shi (“hair (on the head)”) + okla (“people”). Literally, “people of the long hair”.

Meanings

(historical, plural, plural-only) A Native American people who lived in the western part of what is now the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama for centuries before first contact with Europeans until early in the 18th century.

Pensacola en · PROPN

Pronunciation

/ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/

Etymology

From Choctaw pa̱shi (“hair (on the head)”) + okla (“people”). Literally, “people of the long hair”.

Meanings

A city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.

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