name
Meaning 1
The Comanche tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
Paducah
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/pəˈduːkə/
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rhymes with -uːkə
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CMU ARPABET: P AH0 D UW1 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city, the county seat of McCracken County, in western Kentucky, named for the Comanches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A town, the county seat of Cottle County, in northern Texas, named for the Kentucky city.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of the Comanche people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: town
History
Etymology
From Spanish Padoucas, from Dhegihan Pádoka or Pádonka (“Comanche”).