Nene (pronounced nin-nee) is a word in the Muscogee language of the Seminole Indians meaning "path" or "trail."

In the city of Tallahassee, Florida, United States, it is often used as the name of streets and roads. In the Indianhead Acres area it is the norm.

+ Street names in TallahasseeRodney Carlisle, Loretta Carlisle, Tallahassee in History, p. 104, Rowman & Littlefield, 2020 .Street nameMeaningAtapha NeneDogwood TrailAtchena NeneCedar TrailChuli NenePine TrailChocksaka NeneBridle TrailOhbah NeneOwl TrailHeechee NeneTobacco TrailHasosaw NeneEast TrailWahalaw NeneNorth-South TrailHumpin NeneFirst TrailHokolin NeneSecond TrailToochin NeneThird TrailOstin NeneFourth TrailChowkeebin NeneFifth TrailApakin NeneSixth TrailKolpakin NeneSeventh TrailChinnapakin NeneEighth TrailWekewa NeneSpring Trail

Road names of this style are found in other parts of Florida, such as in and around the Brighton Indian Reservation of the Seminole and related Miccosukee tribe.

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