Tuskegee

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish Tasquiqui, which itself came from Creek Taskeke (“warriors”), the name of a Creek settlement. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ === Proper noun === Tuskegee A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on. A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States. A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law. Tuskegee National Forest. Tuskegee University. ==== Derived terms ==== Tuskegeean Tuskegee Airman === Noun === Tuskegee (plural Tuskegees) An unethical experiment on humans. (rare, historical) One of the Tuskegee Airmen.