Definitions for chickasaw
ˈtʃɪk əˌsɔchick·a·saw

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Chickasawnoun

   a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi

2. Chickasawnoun

   the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Chickasawnoun

   A Native American tribe now largely concentrated in southeastern Oklahoma.

2. Chickasawnoun

   The Muskogean language of the Chickasaw nation (the native word is chikashsha).

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1. Chickasaw

   The Chickasaw ( CHIK-ə-saw) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classified as a member of the Muskogean language family. In the present day, they are organized as the federally recognized Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw people have a migration story in which they moved from a land west of the Mississippi River, where they settled mostly in present-day northeast Mississippi, northwest Alabama, and into Lawrence County, Tennessee. They had interaction with French, English, and Spanish colonists during the colonial period. The United States considered the Chickasaw one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, as they adopted numerous practices of European Americans. Resisting European-American settlers encroaching on their territory, they were forced by the U.S. government to sell their traditional lands in the 1832 Treaty of Pontotoc Creek and move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the era of Indian removal in the 1830s. Most of their descendants remain as residents of what is now Oklahoma. The Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma is the 13th-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States. Its members are related to the Choctaw and share a common history with them. The Chickasaw were divided into two groups (moieties): the Imosak Cha'a' (chopped hickory) and the Inchokka' Lhipa' (worn out house), though the characteristics of these groups in relation to Chickasaw villages, clans, and house groups is uncertain. They traditionally followed a kinship system of matrilineal descent, in which inheritance and descent are traced through the maternal line. Children are considered born into the mother's family and clan, and gain their social status from her. Women controlled most property and hereditary leadership in the tribe passed through the maternal line.

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1. chickasaw

   The Chickasaw are a Native American people originally residing in what is now the Southeastern United States, primarily in present-day Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. They are part of the larger Five Civilized Tribes and are recognized as a sovereign nation by the US government. The Chickasaw language, culture, and history are still preserved and celebrated today.

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1. Chickasaw

   The Chickasaw are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee. They are of the Muskogean language family and are federally recognized as the Chickasaw Nation. Sometime prior to the first European contact, the Chickasaw migrated from western regions and moved east of the Mississippi River, where they settled mostly in present-day northeast Mississippi. That is where they encountered European explorers and traders, having relationships with French, English and Spanish during the colonial years. The Chickasaw were considered by the United States as one of the Five Civilized Tribes, as they adopted numerous practices of European Americans. Resisting European-American settlers encroaching on their territory, the Chickasaw were forced by the US to sell their country in 1832 and move to Indian Territory during the era of Indian Removal in the 1830s. Most Chickasaw now live in Oklahoma. The Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma is the 13th largest federally recognized tribe in the United States. They are related to the Choctaw and share a common history with them. The Chickasaw are divided in two groups: the Impsaktea and the Intcutwalipa. They traditionally had a matrilineal system, in which children were considered to be part of the mother's clan, where they gained their status. Some property was controlled by women, and it and hereditary leadership among the tribe passed through the maternal line.

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1. • Muskhogean
   • Native American

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chickasaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chickasaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chickasaw
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chickasaw
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chickasaw
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chickasaw