Agawam

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noun

An Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich).

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Meanings

nounAgawam pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyAn Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich).

    First cultivated by the Agawam, broadleaf tobacco was soon planted by white settlers as a cash crop after they drove the Natives off the land.

    2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 86
proper noun
  1. The language of this tribe.
  2. A settlement of this tribe.
  3. A town in Hampden County, western Massachusetts.
  4. A river in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts.
  5. Former name of Westfield River in Hampden County, western Massachusetts.
  6. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky.
  7. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Montana.
  8. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
Cite this entry
APA

Agawam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Agawam

MLA

“Agawam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Agawam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Agawam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Agawam.

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