Meanings
proper noun
- A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
nounMashpee (plural Mashpees or Mashpee)
plural Mashpees
- A member of a Native American people, a subgroup of the Wampanoag people.
Synonyms: Cummaquid, Mattachiest
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of a Native American people, a subgroup of the Wampanoag people.
Similar
CummaquidMattachiest
Origin
An anglicization of the Massachusett words mass ("great") + nippe ("water"), synthesized as "great pond".
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Mashpee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mashpee
MLA
“Mashpee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mashpee. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mashpee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mashpee.
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