English Explanatory Dictionary

Tuskegee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
  2. A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
  3. A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
  4. The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
  5. Tuskegee National Forest.
  6. Tuskegee University.
noun
  1. An unethical experiment on humans.
  2. One of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Pronunciation

/tʌsˈkiːɡiː/

Word forms

Tuskegee Tuskegees

Etymology

From Spanish Tasquiqui, which itself came from Creek Taskeke (“warriors”), the name of a Creek settlement.

Derived words

Tuskegeean Tuskegee Airman
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