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Tuscarora的意思

Tuscarora

英 [, tʌskə'rɔ:rə; -'rəu-] 美
  • n. 塔斯卡洛拉语;塔斯卡洛拉人(北美印第安人部族)

Tuscarora

英文词源


Tuscarora
Iroquoian people originally inhabiting what is now North Carolina, 1640s, from Catawba (Siouan) /taskarude:/, literally "dry-salt eater," a folk-etymologizing of the people's name for themselves, Tuscarora (Iroquoian) /skaru:re/, literally "hemp-gatherers."