Where does “Pensacola” come from?
Pensacola (English) comes from Choctaw okla, from Choctaw homa — red.
Pensacola (English): A Native American people who lived in the western part of what is now the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama for centuries before first contact with Europeans until early in the 18th century
Definitions
- A Native American people who lived in the western part of what is now the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama for centuries before first contact with Europeans until early in the 18th century
Ancestry of “Pensacola”, step by step
Pensacola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Choctaw pa̱shi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choctaw | pa̱shi | hair on the head |