native American people formerly of Mississippi and Alabama, 1670s, from Chickasaw Chikasha, the people's name for themselves. Also their (Muskogean) language.
Chicano
chi-chi
chick
chickadee
chickaree
Chickasaw
chicken
chicken hawk
chicken pox
chicken-shit
chickpea
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