Agawam

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich). plural, plural-only

    "First cultivated by the Agawam, broadleaf tobacco was soon planted by white settlers as a cash crop after they drove the Natives off the land."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of this tribe.
  2. 2
    A settlement of this tribe.
  3. 3
    A city in Hampden County, western Massachusetts.
  4. 4
    A river in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts.
  5. 5
    Former name of Westfield River in Hampden County, western Massachusetts.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  2. 7
    An unincorporated community in Montana.
  3. 8
    A ghost town in Oklahoma.

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"First cultivated by the Agawam, broadleaf tobacco was soon planted by white settlers as a cash crop after they drove the Natives off the land."

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