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Muskogee

Muskogee

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A city in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmʌs.kə.ɡi/
translation icon : Muskogee
  • You come see me in Muskogee, boy.
  • Muskogee Creek

Examples

  • 'Cause if things go really well, we could raise our kids in the Hacienda Courts in Muskogee.

  • In the spring of 1928, Ruth Hopkins, a student at Bacone College, an American Baptist high school and junior college for American Indians in Muskogee, Oklahoma, wrote a poem that cleverly revealed the complex feelings that many Indian students had about their experiences at school.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Yesterday I was in Muskogee, Oklahoma, for a football game that my daughter was cheering for.

    Blog text (21)
  • His postmarks were from Muskogee.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Board member—Education Foundation of Muskogee, Muskogee Area Arts Council.

    Blog text (9)
  • From Atoka, their applications would be forwarded to the Dawes Commission in Muskogee and then to the Secretary of the Interior in Washington, D.C.

    Academic text (1990)
  • We had a place in Muskogee with a museum and all, but it burned down.

  • Lee was born in Boynton, Okla., and grew up in Muskogee, Okla.

Compounds

A Native American language spoken by the Muskogee people in the southeastern United States

Surface Forms

Muskogee main

Etymology

The city Muskogee in Oklahoma is named after the Muskogee people, because places often take the name of the local group. So the town keeps the name to remember the people and their long history by the Arkansas River.