Canarsee

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noun

A member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.

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Meanings

nounCanarsee (plural Canarsees or Canarsee)

plural Canarsees · alternative Canarse · alternative Canarsie

  1. historicalA member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Canarese
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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