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MUSKOGEE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Muskhogean language spoken by the Muskogee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Muskogee" is a kind of...):

Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean; Muskogean language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Muskogee" is a part of...):

OK; Okla.; Oklahoma; Sooner State (a state in south central United States)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Muskogee" is a kind of...):

Muskhogean; Muskogean (a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages)

Holonyms ("Muskogee" is a member of...):

Creek Confederacy (a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma)

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