squaw

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 /, 🇨🇬. In the 1970s, some non-linguists began to claim that the word originally meant "vagina"; this has been discredited. The first recorded version of the word was found in a book called Mourt’s Relation: A Journey of the Pilgrims at Plymouth written in 1622. The term was not used in a derogatory fashion but spoke of the “squa sachim or Massachusets Queen” in the September 20, 1621 journal entry.

Noun

 * 1)  A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.

Usage notes
Previously used neutrally, the word began to be used as a term of contempt in the late 1800s; it is now generally considered offensive. See

Translations

 * Bulgarian: индианка
 * Esperanto: skvo
 * French:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mulher índia (especialmente norte americana)
 * Russian:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , Native American woman