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- Algonquian · derived from
- English todaySchaghticoke
A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schaghticoke
Today it means: A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005. Full definition →
Algonquian