tuskegee means A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
tuskegee is pronounced /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/.
Etymology
From Spanish Tasquiqui, which itself came from Creek Taskeke (“warriors”), the name of a Creek settlement.
name
- A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
- A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
- The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.“Responding with some heat to Angell's criticisms—they described comparisons to Tuskegee as "inflammatory and wrong"—the writers explained that cultural differences were at the heart of the problem.”
- Tuskegee National Forest.
- Tuskegee University.
noun
- An unethical experiment on humans.“You couldn't have a Tuskegee with a community consultation requirement, or even with public notification, because people would say, 'No, this stinks.'”
- One of the Tuskegee Airmen.