Edisto

English

Alternative forms

• (Native American subtribe) Edistow

Proper noun

Edisto

1. (historical) A subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina.
2. One of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.
3. A free-flowing blackwater river in South Carolina, flowing from its sources in Saluda and Edgefield counties, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach.
4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Derived terms

• Edisto Beach

Noun

Edisto (plural Edistos)

1. (historical) A member of the Native American subtribe of South Carolina.