Muscogee
/ˌmʌs.kəˈɡiː/noun
A member of a Native American people of the southeastern United States, also known as the Creek; the Muscogee language and nation.
Did you know?Muscogee is an English rendering of a self-name with deep Indigenous history, and its modern use reflects the survival of a nation whose language and identity long predate European contact.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Muskogean
PMusk
*muskogee / *muskoki
“An ancestral ethnonym reconstructed from the Muskogean language family, likely referring to the people themselves.”
Early Contact Era
Native English
Muscogee
“An anglicized form used by Europeans and colonists for the people and their language.”
18th Century
English
Creek
“A colonial English name for the same people, derived from settlements near creeks in Georgia and Alabama.”
19th Century
English
Muscogee / Creek
“Used in English for the nation, people, and language in historical documents and ethnography.”
Modern English
English
Muscogee
“The preferred modern English name for the people, nation, and language, especially in tribal self-identification.”