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Apalachee

Apalachee

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About the people, language, or culture of the Apalachee in the southeastern United States
  • adjective
  • /ˌæpəˈlætʃi/
: apalachee
  • The cultural traditions of the Apalachee continue to influence the region's festivals today.

Now, Tallahassee was the capital of the Apalachee civilization.

Examples

  • The Apalachee language was once widely spoken among the tribes in the southeastern United States.

  • Now, Tallahassee was the capital of the Apalachee civilization.

    Danny Jones

  • Many historians study the Apalachee to understand the history of Native American life in Florida.

Surface Forms

Apalachee positive

Etymology

Apalachee comes from the name of a Native American people who lived in what is now the Florida Panhandle, and Spanish explorers used that name for the local region. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Appalachian, a familiar place name also from Native American words, so Apalachee as an adjective means 'from or about that people, their language, or their land'.