Etymology

taconite

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Today it means: A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron. Full definition →

Lenape
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  1. Lenape · derived from
  2. English todaytaconite

From Taconic + -ite, after the Taconic Mountains. The name Taconic is from a Lenape language.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.