Choctaw is an English word with synonyms like muskogean or chahta. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Choctaw meaning
- An aboriginal peoples native to the area currently known as Mississippi, in the United States, with a sizable displaced population in Oklahoma
- The language of the Choctaw tribe.
- An unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Using Choctaw
- The main meaning on this page is: An aboriginal peoples native to the area currently known as Mississippi, in the United States, with a sizable displaced population in Oklahoma | The language of the Choctaw tribe. | An unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
- Useful related words include: muskhogean, muskogean, chahta, muskhogean language.
- In the example corpus, choctaw often appears in combinations such as: the choctaw, choctaw nation, of choctaw.
Context around Choctaw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Choctaw
- In this selection, "choctaw" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colonial, new, oklahoma, nation, principal and delegate stand out and add context to how "choctaw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the choctaw for nearly and and a choctaw delegate to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "choctaw" sits close to words such as aamir, abstinence and adventurer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with choctaw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
South Choctaw was a good team. (6 words)
National Atty. for Choctaw Nation "Choctaw Citizenship Litigation. (8 words)
They paid the Choctaw $530,000 for the westernmost part of Choctaw land. (13 words)
William C. Canby, Jr., American Indian Law in a Nut Shell, St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., pp. 23-33 Norma Howard (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), award-winning watercolor painter with Choctaw stickball sticks made by her son. (38 words)
Threatened with European-American encroachment, the Choctaw continued to adapt and take on some technology, housing styles, and accepted missionaries to the Choctaw Nation, in the hopes of being accepted by the Mississippi and national government. (36 words)
It may have originally been derived from the Choctaw word Cha-la-kee, which means "people who live in the mountains", or Choctaw Chi-luk-ik-bi, meaning "people who live in the cave country". (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Choctaw Nation Peter Pitchlynn was the Choctaw Principal Chief from 1864-1866, and a Choctaw Delegate to Washington, DC for nearly two decades following.
Alysa Landry's March 2017 article, “Was the Pre-Colonial Choctaw Native American Diet Vegetarian?” proposes that the introduction of meat into diets of Choctaw descendants may be responsible for some health issues today.
Additionally, there is a scholarship fund through Choctaw’s Chahta Foundation that is matched dollar for dollar by the Choctaw Nation.
A ribbon cutting was held Thursday, August 2, 2018 for the new Choctaw Multi-Sport Complex at Lake Pushmataha in Choctaw, MS.
By today's standards, it might be a million dollars" according to Judy Allen, editor of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's newspaper, Bishinik, based at the Oklahoma Choctaw tribal headquarters in Durant, Oklahoma.
However, during negotiations with the Choctaw in 1820, Andrew Jackson ceded more of Arkansas Territory to the Choctaw than he realized, resulting in a bend in the border between Arkansas and Oklahoma at Ft.
Identity was established first by moiety and iska; so a Choctaw identified first as Imoklasha or Inhulata, and second as Choctaw.
It may have originally been derived from the Choctaw word Cha-la-kee, which means "people who live in the mountains", or Choctaw Chi-luk-ik-bi, meaning "people who live in the cave country".
National Atty. for Choctaw Nation "Choctaw Citizenship Litigation.
The following table is an example of Choctaw text and its translation: Religion main The Choctaw believed in a good spirit and an evil spirit.
They paid the Choctaw $530,000 for the westernmost part of Choctaw land.
Threatened with European-American encroachment, the Choctaw continued to adapt and take on some technology, housing styles, and accepted missionaries to the Choctaw Nation, in the hopes of being accepted by the Mississippi and national government.
While living among the Choctaw for nearly 30 years, Hawkins married Lavinia Downs, a Choctaw woman.
William C. Canby, Jr., American Indian Law in a Nut Shell, St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., pp. 23-33 Norma Howard (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), award-winning watercolor painter with Choctaw stickball sticks made by her son.
Her boss ultimately called one of the federal agents assigned to the Mississippi Choctaw reservation to look into the matter.
His father, Glen, who was part Choctaw, had grown up in a large Mexican family in Lampasas, Texas.
Journey — with special guests — will kick off its 50th anniversary tour on January 27th and 28th in Durant, Oklahoma at Choctaw Casino & Resort.
South Choctaw was a good team.
The series will introduce changes from the comics, altering Echo's powers and adjusting her cultural heritage to the Choctaw tribe of Oklahoma.
Tragic: A 16 year old was shot and killed during a shooting at a high school football game in Choctaw, Oklahoma.
Common combinations with choctaw
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the choctaw 62×
- choctaw nation 18×
- of choctaw 9×
- choctaw in 6×
- mississippi choctaw 6×
- choctaw casino 6×
- choctaw tribe 5×
- choctaw and 5×
- choctaw indians 5×
- in choctaw 4×