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Where does “Paducah” come from?

Paducah is an English place name derived from Spanish Padoucas, which comes from an undetermined source Pádoka of unknown meaning.

Paducah (English): A member of the Comanche people

Definitions

  1. A member of the Comanche people

Ancestry of “Paducah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPadoucas—
2UndeterminedPádoka—
Every word from Undetermined Pádoka →