Meanings
Piscataway1
nounPiscataway pl (plural only)
alternative Piscatawa · alternative Piscatawas · alternative Piscataways
- pluralplural onlyA certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
proper noun
- The extinct Algonquian language of these people.
Piscataway2
proper noun
- A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.
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Origin
Piscataway · noun, proper noun
By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
Full word history & related roots →Piscataway · proper noun
From the name of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, whence came some founders of the New Jersey settlement.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Piscataway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Piscataway
MLA
“Piscataway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Piscataway. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Piscataway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Piscataway.
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