Tallahatchie
/ˌtæləˈhætʃi/noun
A river in Mississippi, and the name of places and things derived from it.
Did you know?Tallahatchie is generally traced to a Muskogean-language place-name, and many such names were preserved by English speakers as geographic labels long after the original language shifted or disappeared.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian era
Muskogean
(reconstructed local place-name)
“A river or place name from a Native language of the Southeast, exact original form uncertain”
17th-18th Century
English
Tallahatchie
“English rendering of the local name for the river and surrounding area”
19th Century
English
Tallahatchie River
“Established geographic name in Mississippi”
Modern English
English
Tallahatchie
“A proper noun used for the river, county references, and derived place names”
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