Etymology

Pequot

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Today it means: A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot. Full definition →

Narragansett Pequttôog
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  1. Narragansett · derived fromPequttôog“people of the shoals”
  2. English todayPequot

Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

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