Meskwaki
/mɛsˈkwɑːki/ /mɛsˈkwaki/ /ˌmɛskwəˈkiː/(also Mesquakie)
noun
1A member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting parts of southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and eastern Iowa, and now living in central Iowa.
- Also called Fox..
2The Algonquian language of this people.
adjective
Of or relating to the Meskwaki or their language.
Origin
Mid 18th century. From Meskwaki meškwahki:ha, self-designation (lit. ‘red earth (person)’).