Etymology

Ackinchesacky

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Today it means: A Native American tribe from Delaware. Full definition →

Unami ahkinkèshaki
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The story

  1. Unami · borrowed fromahkinkèshaki“stony ground”, or “hook mouth”, or “on low ground”
  2. English todayAckinchesacky

From Unami ahkinkèshaki (“stony ground”, or “hook mouth”, or “on low ground”), whence also Hackensack.

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