Pequot

//ˈpiːˌkwɒt// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    This tribe.
  2. 2
    The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.

Etymology

Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

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