Kickapoo

/ˈkɪkəˌpuː/ · noun

Meaning

A member of a particular Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Peoria County, Illinois.
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
Other townships, listed under Kickapoo Township.
A river in Wisconsin, a tributary of the Wisconsin River.
The language spoken by these people.
A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Warren Township, Warren County, Indiana.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Spanish Kikapú, further origins are contested; an Anishinaabeg source proposes giiwigaabaw (“stand here and there”), in reference to the tribe's migratory patterns.

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