Wichita
English
editEtymology
editUncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWichita (plural Wichitas or Wichita)
Derived terms
editProper noun
editWichita
- Their Caddoan language, which is now extinct.
- A large city, the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States; the largest city in Kansas.
- 1966, Allen Ginsberg, Wichita Vortex Sutra:
- Future speeding on swift wheels / straight to the heart of Wichita!
- 1994, “True Dreams of Wichita”, in Ruby Vroom, performed by Soul Coughing:
- I'm half sick on the drinks you mixed / Through your / True dreams / Of Wichita
Further reading
edit- ISO 639-3 code wic (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Wichita, wic
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