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English word origin

Etymology of Houma

The city was named after the people.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A city, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States.

noun

A historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

The city was named after the people.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A county-level city of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Mandarin 侯馬/侯马 (Hóumǎ).

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