Nipmuc

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noun

Any of a people descended from the indigenous Algonquian peoples of Nippenet, corresponding to central Massachusetts and immediately adjacent portions of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

OriginLoup A Nippamaug →
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Meanings

nounNipmuc (plural Nipmucs or Nipmuc)

plural Nipmucs · alternative Nipmuck

  1. Any of a people descended from the indigenous Algonquian peoples of Nippenet, corresponding to central Massachusetts and immediately adjacent portions of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Origin

  1. Loup ANippamaug
  2. EnglishNipmuc

From Loup A Nippamaug, from nippe (“water”) + âmag (“fishing”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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