Meanings
alternative Lake Chabunagungamaug
- A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.
Synonyms: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug, Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Lake Chargoggagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug, Lake Chaugogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.
Origin
From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands". Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
- Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugglake
Japanese チャーゴグガゴグマンチャウグガゴグチャウバナガンガマウグ
- チャーゴグガゴグマンチャウグガゴグチャウバナガンガマウグ (Chāgogugagogumanchaugugagoguchaubanagangamaugu)lake
Russian Чаубу́нагу̀нгама́уг, Чарго́ггаго́ггманча̀уггаго́ггчаубу́нагу̀нгама́угг
- Чаубу́нагу̀нгама́уг (Čaubúnagùngamáug)lake
- Чарго́ггаго́ггманча̀уггаго́ггчаубу́нагу̀нгама́угг (Čargóggagóggmančàuggagóggčaubúnagùngamáugg)lake
Cite this entry
Chaubunagungamaug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaubunagungamaug
“Chaubunagungamaug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaubunagungamaug. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chaubunagungamaug,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaubunagungamaug.
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