Seminole

Seminole
noun (plural Seminoles or Seminole) Etymology: Creek simanó•li untamed, wild, alteration of simaló•ni, from American Spanish cimarrón wild Date: 1771 a member of any of the groups of American Indians that emigrated to Florida from Georgia and Alabama in the 18th and 19th centuries and that are now located in southern Florida and Oklahoma

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  • Seminole — Seminole, FL U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 10890 Housing Units (2000): 7297 Land area (2000): 2.473824 sq. miles (6.407174 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.242529 sq. miles (0.628146 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.716353 sq. miles (7.035320… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Seminole, FL — U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 10890 Housing Units (2000): 7297 Land area (2000): 2.473824 sq. miles (6.407174 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.242529 sq. miles (0.628146 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.716353 sq. miles (7.035320 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seminole, OK — U.S. city in Oklahoma Population (2000): 6899 Housing Units (2000): 3172 Land area (2000): 13.946845 sq. miles (36.122160 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.574137 sq. miles (1.487007 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.520982 sq. miles (37.609167 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seminole, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 5910 Housing Units (2000): 2337 Land area (2000): 3.353610 sq. miles (8.685810 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.353610 sq. miles (8.685810 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seminole — [sem′ə nōl΄] n. [< earlier Seminolie < Creek simanó˙li wild, runaway, altered by metathesis < simaló˙ni < New World Sp cimarrón ] 1. Seminoles or Seminole a member of any of the North American Indian groups that separated from the… …   English World dictionary

  • Seminole — 1763, from Creek (Muskogean) simano:li, earlier simalo:ni wild, untamed, runaway, from Amer.Sp. cimarron (see MAROON (Cf. maroon) (v.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Seminole — Infobox Ethnic group group=Seminole poptime=10,000 popplace=United States (Oklahoma, Florida) rels=Protestantism, other langs=English, Muskogean, Creek related=Miccosukee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek)The Seminole are a Native American people… …   Wikipedia

  • Seminole — /sem euh nohl /, n., pl. Seminoles, (esp. collectively) Seminole, adj. n. 1. a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and …   Universalium

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