The story
- Unami · borrowed frommënaonkihëla“where the banks cave in”
- English todayMonongahela
From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).
Words from the same roots
Unamimënaonkihëla all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley. Full definition →
From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).
Unamimënaonkihëla all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.