Etymology

Chemung

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Today it means: A river in New York and Pennsylvania, United States; flowing from the confluence of the Tioga and Cohocton rivers at Painted Post, New York into the Susquehanna at Sayre, Pennsylvania. Full definition →

Lenape
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  1. Lenape · derived from
  2. English todayChemung

From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.