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List of Connecticut placenames of Native American origin

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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Connecticut whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Listings

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State

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Settlements

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Bodies of water

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Islands

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  • Cockenoe Island: (Montauk) from the name of a 17th-century native interpreter

Other

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  • Connecticut, the state, and river: (in several dialects) "place of the long river" or "by the long tidal stream"
  • Hammonassett Point: (Hammonassett) "place of sand bars"“where we dig holes in the ground,”
  • Mohawk Mountain: eastern Iroquois tribe; Algonquian term for their western enemies – "wolves," "hungry animals," or "cannibals"[1]
  • Sachem Head: (Algonquian/general) "chief"

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Harper, Douglas. "Connecticut". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
  2. ^ Campbell (1997), p. 11.
  3. ^ Afable, Patricia O. and Madison S. Beeler (1996). "Place Names", in "Languages", ed. Ives Goddard. Vol. 17 of Handbook of North American Indians, ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 193
  4. ^ Skinner, Charles Montgomery (1969) "Moodus Noises" Myths & Legends of Our Own Land Singing Tree Press, Detroit, Michigan, page 266 OCLC 19933; reprinted from the fifth edition of 1896 of J.B. Lippincott Company.

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