Natchez
/ˈnætʃɛz/noun
A Native American people of the lower Mississippi Valley and the name of a city in Mississippi.
Did you know?The Natchez were a powerful Mississippi Valley people whose name entered English through French colonial records, and the city of Natchez, Mississippi, preserves that Indigenous name today.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian era
Natchez
Natchez
“The ethnonym of a Native American people of the lower Mississippi Valley.”
17th Century
French
Natchez
“Recorded by French explorers and colonists as the name of the people and their territory.”
18th Century
English
Natchez
“Adopted into English as the name of the people, region, and later settlements.”
Modern English
English
Natchez
“A city in Mississippi and the historical name of the Natchez people.”
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