Tuskegee
/tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ · name
Meaning
- The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
- An unethical experiment on humans.
- Tuskegee National Forest.
- A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
- Tuskegee University.
- One of the Tuskegee Airmen.
- 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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