Meanings
plural Nanticokes
- A member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.
- Their Algonquian language.
- A river in Delaware and Maryland, United States.
The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, the Coast Guard official said.
2012 June 11, Chris Lawrence, “Navy drone crashes in Maryland”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2022 - A town in Broome County, New York, United States.
- A city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.
2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 May 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- NanticokeNentego
- EnglishNanticoke
Borrowed from Nanticoke Nentego.
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