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Houma.

A historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

The city was named after the people.

name
  1. A city, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Where this word comes from

The city was named after the people.

name
  1. A county-level city of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

Where this word comes from

From Mandarin 侯馬/侯马 (Hóumǎ).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.