Tecumseh

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Etymology

Borrowed from Shawnee Tekoomse (“it crosses over”).

Proper noun

Tecumseh

  1. A male given name
    • 1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 271:
      Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.
  2. A placename:
    1. A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. The Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.
    3. An unincorporated census-designated place in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
    4. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
    5. An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.
    6. A city and township in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States.
    7. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
    8. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.
    9. A city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

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