English Explanatory Dictionary

Cahokia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former (pre-Columbian Native American) city in present-day Illinois, now famous for its earthen mounds.
  2. A Native American tribe now considered extinct.
  3. A village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.

Pronunciation

/kəˈhəʊ.ki.ə/ /kəˈhoʊ.ki.ə/

Word forms

Cahokia

Etymology

Borrowed from Miami kahokiaki (“wild geese”).

Derived words

Cahokian Cahokia Heights
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