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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the anglicized word for woman among the North American Indians; the Massachusetts Indian form is squa or schqua, the Narraganset squawo, the Cree eskwuo, Delaware ochqueu, khqueu, &c. It is also used in composition with names of animals to denote the female.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Squaw'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/squaw.html. 1910.
 
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