Meanings
proper noun
- A river in Connecticut, United States.
I give and bequeath all that tracke of land lying to the westard of Appaguage, and Eastward from Willi mantucke River, […]
1675 February 27, Joshua Uncas, “Will of Joshua Uncas”, in The New England Historical And Genealogical Register, volume XIII, Boston: Samuel G. Drake, published 1859, page 235 - A former borough, former city, now census-designated place in the town of Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, United States, named after the river.
- A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after the former city in Connecticut.
Origin
- Eastern Algonquian
- EnglishWillimantic
From Eastern Algonquian, likely Mohegan-Pequot or Narragansett, meaning "land of swift-moving waters", referring to the steep drop of the Willimantic River, or "place near the cedar swamp".
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Rhymes with Willimantic
atlanticromanticsemanticgiganticfranticpedanticanticsycophanticmanticmaranticpanromantictransromanticwomantic
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APA
Willimantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Willimantic
MLA
“Willimantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Willimantic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Willimantic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Willimantic.
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