Edisto

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Proper noun

Edisto

  1. (historical) A subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina.
  2. One of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.
  3. A free-flowing blackwater river in South Carolina, flowing from its sources in Saluda and Edgefield counties, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.
  5. Ellipsis of Edisto Beach.
    • 2025 October 6, Cindy Von Quednow, “South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge”, in CNN‎[1]:
      “At this point in the investigation there is no evidence the horrific fire at Judge Goodstein’s Edisto home was intentionally set,” South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster added in a post on X.

Derived terms

Noun

Edisto (plural Edistos)

  1. (historical) A member of the Native American subtribe of South Carolina.
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