name
Pensacola
pehn-suh-KOH-luh
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A city on the Gulf Coast of Florida, the county seat of Escambia County.
"They spent spring break on the beaches near Pensacola."
noun
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A Native American people who lived along the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama before and after early European contact.
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA Florida city, named after an earlier Native American people of the region.
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Etymology
From Choctaw words meaning roughly "long-haired people," combining a term for hair with a term for people.