Paducah

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Etymology

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From Spanish Padoucas, from Dhegihan Pádoka or Pádoⁿka (Comanche).

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Paducah

  1. (obsolete) The Comanche tribe.
  2. A city, the county seat of McCracken County, in western Kentucky, named for the Comanches.
  3. A town, the county seat of Cottle County, in northern Texas, named for the Kentucky city.

Noun

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Paducah (plural Paducahs)

  1. (obsolete) A member of the Comanche people.