ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂᎢ

Cherokee

Etymology

ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂ (anisquani, “Mexicans”, plural of ᎠᏍᏆᏂ (asquani)) +‎ -Ꭲ (-i, locative suffix), literally “place of the Mexicans”.

Proper noun

ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂᎢ • (anisquanii)

  1. Mexico (a country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America)

References

  • Brad Montgomery-Anderson (2008), A Reference Grammar of Oklahoma Cherokee, PhD thesis, University of Kansas, page 470
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