Poquoson

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pocosin. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An independent city in south-east Virginia.

Etymology

From an uncertain Algonquian word referring to marshy terrain; see pocosin.

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