Tonkawa

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English[edit]

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Tonkawa, Oklahoma

Etymology[edit]

From Wichita tonkaweya (“those who stay together”), compare Tonkawa Tickanwa•tic (“(a) genuine people”).

Noun[edit]

Tonkawa pl (plural only)

  1. A Midwestern Native American tribe indigenous to present-day Oklahoma and Texas.

Proper noun[edit]

Tonkawa

  1. The extinct language once spoken by these people.
  2. A city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States.
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