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Tuskegee

/tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ · name

Meaning

  1. The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
  2. An unethical experiment on humans.
  3. Tuskegee National Forest.
  4. A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
  5. A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
  6. Tuskegee University.
  7. One of the Tuskegee Airmen.
  8. A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.

Etymology / origin

From Spanish Tasquiqui, which itself came from Creek Taskeke (“warriors”), the name of a Creek settlement.

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