Houma
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
The city was named after the people.
==== Pronunciation ====
enPR: hōʹmu̇
==== Noun ====
Houma pl (plural only)
A historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.
==== Proper noun ====
Houma
A city, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States.
==== Further reading ====
Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Houma (HO-muh)”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1314, column 3
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Mandarin 侯馬/侯马 (Hóumǎ).
==== Alternative forms ====
Hou-ma (Wade–Giles)
==== Proper noun ====
Houma
A county-level city of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Houma.
===== Translations =====
==== Further reading ====
Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Houma (HO-MA)”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[11], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1314, column 3
=== Anagrams ===
mohua, mouah