Etymology

Lenapehoking

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Today it means: The traditional region of the Lenape people, mostly in modern-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, in the United States. Full definition →

Unami Lënapehòkink
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The story

  1. Unami · borrowed fromLënapehòkink
  2. English todayLenapehoking

Borrowed from Unami Lënapehòkink (literally “in the Lenape land”), from Lënape (“Lenape”) + hàki (“land”) + -ink (locative suffix).

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