Bonfouca (also Bonfonca, Boucffouca, Bouefuka, Boukfouca) is an unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] It is on Louisiana Highway 433 adjacent to Liberty Bayou two miles west of Slidell.[2]

Etymology

It is speculated that the name derives from the Choctaw language words "bok", meaning river, and fuka, meaning home or residence. Bokfuka was the name of a Choctaw chief who attacked the German Coast of Louisiana in the year 1747.[3] In 1802 Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozieres documented the name of the tribe. He referred to the 18th century chief as "Bonifoucas", a French transliteration of the Choctaw.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Bonfouca, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Slidell, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971 (1994 rev.)
  3. ^ William A. Read (October 12, 2008). Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words. University of Alabama Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-8173-5505-0.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfouca,_Louisiana
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