Taconic

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proper noun

A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.

Similar
Taconic MountainsTaconic orogeny
OriginUnami tèkhane →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Taghkanic

  1. A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.

    Synonyms: Taconic Mountains

  2. A hamlet in the town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  3. A town in New York, United States.
  4. geographyThe geological process that resulted in the precursor to the modern Taconic mountain range and shaped much of the Appalachian range, or the time period in the early Silurian during which this occurred

    Synonyms: Taconic orogeny

adjectiveTaconic (not comparable)

alternative Taghkanic

  1. not comparablegeographyRelating to the geological process which created the Taconic mountain range.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.

Similar
Taconic Mountains

proper nounThe geological process that resulted in the precursor to the modern Taconic mountain range and shaped much of the Appalachian range, or the time period in the early Silurian during which this occurred

Similar
Taconic orogeny
Also see
taconian

Origin

  1. Unamitèkhane
  2. EnglishTaconic

From Tacony (a certain river) + -ic. The river's name is borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”), from tè inan (“cold”) + -hàne (“river”). Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.

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Translations

Catalan tacònic
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Dutch taconische
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French taconien
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German takonische
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Italian taconiano
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Spanish tacónico
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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