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Meaning of Cahokia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kəˈhəʊ.ki.ə

Definitions

  1. A former (pre-Columbian Native American) city in present-day Illinois, now famous for its earthen mounds.
  2. A Native American tribe now considered extinct.
  3. A village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.

Examples

“The city of Cahokia and the surrounding villages and farms became the most extensive urban center in prehistoric North America, but the agricultural networks extended widely within the American Midwest and Southeast.”

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