SEMINOLE


Meaning of SEMINOLE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' se-m ə - ˌ n ō l

Function: noun

Inflected Form: 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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.