Nanticoke

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noun

A member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.

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Nanticoke language
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Meanings

nounNanticoke (plural Nanticokes or Nanticoke)

plural Nanticokes

  1. A member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.
proper noun
  1. 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
  2. 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

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Nanticoke language
Broader
AlgonquianAlgonquinAlgonquian language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. NanticokeNentego
  2. EnglishNanticoke

Borrowed from Nanticoke Nentego.

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Cite this entry
APA

Nanticoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanticoke

MLA

“Nanticoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanticoke. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nanticoke,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanticoke.

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