Etymology

Schuylkill

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Today it means: A river in Pennsylvania, United States, which flows into the Delaware River at Philadelphia. Full definition →

Dutch [Term?]
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  1. Dutch · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todaySchuylkill

From Dutch [Term?]. The second element is kill (“creek”).

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