English Explanatory Dictionary

Brasstown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An extinct Cherokee village in Towns County, Georgia, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Clay County and Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. A township in Clay County, North Carolina.

Word forms

Brasstown

Etymology

A mistranslation of its native Cherokee-language name Itse' yi, which correctly translates to "town of the green valley", as "Ûňtsaiyĭ" (meaning "brass").

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