Etymology

Shenandoah

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Oneida oskanu꞉tú
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The story

  1. Oneida · borrowed fromoskanu꞉tú“deer”
  2. English todayShenandoah

From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu꞉tú (“deer”) or kanʌʼtú꞉saʼ (“hemlock”).

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