Schaghticoke

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/ˈskætɨkoʊk//ˈskætɨkʊk/

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounSchaghticoke (plural Schaghticokes or Schaghticoke)

plural Schaghticokes · alternative Scaticook · alternative Scatacook · alternative Pachgatgoch · alternative Pishgachtigok · alternative Scachtacook · alternative Scanticook · alternative Schaacticook · alternative Patchgatgoch · alternative Scaticook · alternative Pishgachtigok

  1. 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.
proper noun

alternative Scaticook · alternative Scatacook · alternative Pachgatgoch · alternative Pishgachtigok · alternative Scachtacook · alternative Scanticook · alternative Schaacticook · alternative Patchgatgoch · alternative Scaticook · alternative Pishgachtigok

  1. The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
  2. A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Origin

  1. Algonquian
  2. EnglishSchaghticoke

A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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