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Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream" Hammonassett Point: (Hammonassett) "place of sand bars"“where we dig holes in the ground,” Mohawk Mountain: eastern Iroquois tribe; Algonquian term for their western enemies – "wolves," "hungry animals," or "cannibals"
Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream" Aspetuck River (and town): (Paugussett) "at the high place" Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter; Coginchaug River: (Wangunk) "place where fish are dried/cured"
Aboriginal place names of New York. New York State Education Department, New York State Museum. Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Pages in category "Connecticut placenames of Native American origin" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kissimmee – Disputed meaning, perhaps derived from Ais word "Cacema" meaning "long water". [43] Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language.
It is one of two Native American reservations in Suffolk County, the other being the Shinnecock Reservation. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. The Unkechaugi are descendants of the Quiripi-speaking Native Americans, who occupied much of southern New England and central Long Island at the time ...
The Golden Hill Paugussett is a state-recognized Native American tribe in Connecticut.Granted reservations in a number of towns in the 17th century, their land base was whittled away until they were forced to reacquire a small amount of territory in the 19th century.
The Wappinger (/ ˈ w ɒ p ɪ n dʒ ər / WOP-in-jər) [3] were an Eastern Algonquian Munsee-speaking Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.. At the time of first contact in the 17th century they were primarily based in what is now Dutchess County, New York, but their territory included the east bank of the Hudson in what became both Putnam and ...