Etymology

Catskill

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Catskill Mountains. Full definition →

Dutch Kats Kill
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromKats Kill
  2. English todayCatskill

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms.

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