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tuskegee

/ˈtʌskəˌɡi/

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What does tuskegee mean?

noun

  1. An unethical experiment on humans.

proper noun

  1. A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
  2. A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
More meanings (5)

proper noun

  1. A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
  2. The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
  3. Tuskegee National Forest.
  4. Tuskegee University.

noun

  1. (historical, rare) One of the Tuskegee Airmen.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtʌskəˌɡi/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/təˈskiˌɡi/
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This boy, whose name was William, made known to the plantation hands his wish to go to the Tuskegee school.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
To gain the sympathy and cooperation of the various elements comprising the white South was Mr. Washington’s first task; and this, at the time Tuskegee was founded, seemed, for a black man, well-nigh impossible.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408