Mamou (ville)

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Mamou est une ville de la paroisse d'Evangeline, en Louisiane, au sud des États-Unis.

Although Mamou has been translated as " mammoth," "papaw", and "village site", I am inclined to accept the translation offered by Mr. A.C. Morris of Ruston whose father and uncle both spoke Mobilienne - the lingua franca of the Indian tribe of the Gulf States. Mr. Morris wrote the following to me: "As to the word Mamou, it is an Indian word and incidentally that is where I was born and reared. Not the town of Mamou but in the Prairie, from which the town took its name. As I recall, my father said Mamou meant Big Hunting Ground which would correspond fairly well to our Big Prairie or open spaces. Judy Smith, Head Louisiana Section State Library of Louisiana P.O. Box 131 Baton Rouge LA 70821-0131