Chickasaw
/ˈtʃɪkəsɔː/noun
A Native American people originally from the southeastern United States; also the name of their Muskogean language.
Did you know?The English form Chickasaw comes through colonial transcription of the people’s own name, and its exact deeper origin is uncertain, so the mystique is historical, not magical.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian
Muskogean
Chikasha
“The self-name of the Chickasaw people, preserved in colonial spellings”
16th–17th Century
Spanish
Chicaza / Chicachá
“Early Spanish approximations of the tribal name in exploration records”
17th–18th Century
English
Chickasaw
“English spelling for the Chickasaw people and their territory”
Modern English
English
Chickasaw
“The name of the Chickasaw people, language, and related places or institutions”