Unakas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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).
noun
  1. plural of Unaka

Pronunciation

/juˈneɪkəz/

Word forms

Unakas

Etymology

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

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