Topeka
Pronunciation: /təˈpikə/
The English word “Topeka” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Mississippi, named after Topeka, Kansas.
Etymology
Borrowed from Kansa Dópik’é (“Topeka; Kansas River”, literally “place to dig good (i.e. wild) potatoes”), from do (“tuber, potato”) + pi (“to be good”) + kʼe (“to dig”).
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