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Choc·taw

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–noun, plural -taws, (especially collectively

) -taw for 1.

1.	a member of a large Muskhogean tribe of North American Indians, formerly living chiefly in southern Mississippi, now in Oklahoma.

2.	the language of the Choctaw, closely related to Chickasaw.

3.	something unintelligible, as speech, illegible handwriting, or an ineffectual explanation; gibberish: My best efforts at clarity were Choctaw to him.

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n. pl. Choctaw or Choc·taws

1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting central and southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, with present-day populations in Mississippi and southeast Oklahoma. The Choctaw were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
2. A member of this people.
The Muskogean language of the Choctaw.

[Choctaw Chahta.]

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Choctaw

1722, from Choctaw Chahta, but also said to be from Sp. chato "flattened," for the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants. As a figure skating step, first recorded 1892.

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choctaw
noun
1.	a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
2.	the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw

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Choctaw County, AL (county, FIPS 23) Location: 32.02486 N, 88.26578 W
Population (1990): 16018 (6789 housing units)
Area: 2366.2 sq km (land), 19.0 sq km (water)

Choctaw County, MS (county, FIPS 19) Location: 33.34520 N, 89.25241 W
Population (1990): 9071 (3539 housing units)
Area: 1085.5 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)

Choctaw County, OK (county, FIPS 23) Location: 34.02699 N, 95.55350 W
Population (1990): 15302 (6844 housing units)
Area: 2004.6 sq km (land), 69.3 sq km (water)

Choctaw, AR Zip code(s): 72028

Choctaw, OK (city, FIPS 14200) Location: 35.48237 N, 97.26537 W
Population (1990): 8545 (3080 housing units)
Area: 70.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73020

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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