Chickasaw is a proper noun referring to a Native American people of the southeastern United States, and to their language. It designates both the ethnolinguistic group and, in modern use, a state or regional identifier as in geographic names (e.g., Chickasaw Nation). The term is commonly encountered in ethnography, history, and regional contexts, with pronunciation that emphasizes a two-syllable structure and a final short vowel.
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