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View Name: Tecumseh


TECUMSEH
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Native American
PRONOUNCED: te-KUM-se   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "panther passing across" in Shawnee. This was the name of a Shawnee leader who, with his brother Tenskwatawa, resisted European expansion in the early 19th century.
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