paducah

/pəˈduːkə/

Etymology

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

name

The Comanche tribe.
A city, the county seat of McCracken County, in western Kentucky, named for the Comanches.
A town, the county seat of Cottle County, in northern Texas, named for the Kentucky city.

noun

A member of the Comanche people.