Hiawatha

//ˌhaɪəˈwɑːθə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A 16th-century Native American leader
  2. 2
    Any of a number of towns or other places in English-speaking countries:; A city, the county seat of Brown County, Kansas, United States.
  3. 3
    Any of a number of towns or other places in English-speaking countries:; A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From Onondaga Hayęhwathaʼ.

Related phrases

brown countycounty seatnative american

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