Wichita

Meaning

1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
2. Their Caddoan language, which is now extinct.
3. A large city, the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States; the largest city in Kansas.

Etymology / origin

Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).

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