Meanings
plural Schaghticokes · alternative Scaticook · alternative Scatacook · alternative Pachgatgoch · alternative Pishgachtigok · alternative Scachtacook · alternative Scanticook · alternative Schaacticook · alternative Patchgatgoch · alternative Scaticook · alternative Pishgachtigok
- A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
alternative Scaticook · alternative Scatacook · alternative Pachgatgoch · alternative Pishgachtigok · alternative Scachtacook · alternative Scanticook · alternative Schaacticook · alternative Patchgatgoch · alternative Scaticook · alternative Pishgachtigok
- The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
- A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
- A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Origin
- Algonquian
- EnglishSchaghticoke
A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).
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Schaghticoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schaghticoke
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