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Chesapeake
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; An extinct town in Warren County, Indiana.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Lawrence County, Ohio.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An independent city in south-east Virginia.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Noun
- 1 Any member of a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as South Hampton Roads in Virginia, United States. historical
- 2 Ellipsis of Chesapeake Bay. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Chesepiook, from Algonquin chesepiooc. It was widely believed for a long time that "Chesapeake" means something like "Great Shellfish Bay." However, according to Blair Rudes, linguist at the University of North Carolina, the name might actually mean something like "Great Water," or it might have been simply the name of a village at the bay's mouth.
Etymology 2
From Chesepiook, from Algonquin chesepiooc. It was widely believed for a long time that "Chesapeake" means something like "Great Shellfish Bay." However, according to Blair Rudes, linguist at the University of North Carolina, the name might actually mean something like "Great Water," or it might have been simply the name of a village at the bay's mouth.
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