Looxahoma, Mississippi

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|official_name = Looxahoma, Mississippi

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name1 = Mississippi

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Tate

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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|timezone_DST = CDT

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 38668

|area_code = 662

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|blank_info = 672865{{GNIS|672865}}

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Looxahoma is an unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi, United States. Looxahoma is located approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} east of Senatobia and approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} west of Tyro near Mississippi Highway 4.

Looxahoma is a name derived from the Chickasaw language meaning "red turtle".{{cite book|last=Baca|first=Keith A.|title=Native American Place Names in Mississippi|url=https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html|year=2007|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-483-6|page=51}}

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