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'''Panzacola''' was a name of [[Native American]] origin (see below) given to [[Pensacola Bay]] and subsequently to the Spanish settlements built thereupon in the 17th and 18th centuries, specifically the [[Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola]]. It is the antecedent of the modern name '''Pensacola'''.
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'''Panzacola''' was a name (of reportedly Indian origin) given to [[Pensacola Bay]] and subsequently to the Spanish settlements built thereupon in the 17th and 18th centuries, specifically the [[Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola]]. It is the antecedent of the modern name Pensacola.
  
The word was first reported by [[Juan Jordán de Reina]], who in [[1686]] encountered a group of Native Americans by the bay and transliterated their word for it, later referring to them collectively as the "Panzacolas."
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The word was first reported by [[Juan Jordán de Reina]], who in [[1686]] encountered a group of [[Native Americans]] by the bay and transliterated their word for it, later referring to them collectively as the "Panzacolas."
  
It is commonly held that "Panzacola" was the name of the tribe (and further, that the word means "hairy people"<ref>From the Choctaw ''pansha'' ('hair') ''okla'' ('people'). Frederick Webb Hodge. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=cfIoAAAAYAAJ Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.]'' Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910.</ref>), but is unknown if this was indeed the demonym they gave themselves.
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It is often repeated that "Panzacola" was the name of the tribe (and further, that the word means "hairy people" or some variant), but is unknown if this was indeed the demonym they gave themselves.
  
 
The name Panzacola became synonymous among the Spanish with the bay and its surrounding settlements. The settlements at [[Presidio Santa María de Galve]], [[Presidio Isla de Santa Rosa]], and [[Presidio San Miguel]] were all known alternatively as "Panzacola" during their respective establishments.
 
The name Panzacola became synonymous among the Spanish with the bay and its surrounding settlements. The settlements at [[Presidio Santa María de Galve]], [[Presidio Isla de Santa Rosa]], and [[Presidio San Miguel]] were all known alternatively as "Panzacola" during their respective establishments.

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