Schaghticoke

//ˈskætɨkoʊk// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
  2. 2
    A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
  3. 3
    A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Etymology

A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

Related phrases

East SchaghticokeSchaghticoke Hilleastern woodlandsharts fallsnew yorkrensselaer countyunited states

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