Kissimmee
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).[1]
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Kissimmee
- A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.
- The Kissimmee River in Florida.
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References edit
- ^ Julian Granberry, The Calusa: Linguistic and Cultural Origins and Relationships