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Does anyone have any idea what this name means? Someone is named this and she has never been able to find out what it means. She says it Cherokee Indian, but that her mom didn't spell it "right." Any help would be appreciated. I don't know if it will help, but it is pronounced tah-hi-yah. Thanks!
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My guess is that this is her mother's spelling of Tehya, which is one of those "fake" Native American names often said to be Cherokee but which actually is probably created by some obscure author or screenwriter who had no knowledge of the Cherokee language. See the following site for more information:
http://www.native-languages.org/wrongnames.htm
http://www.native-languages.org/wrongnames.htm
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