English Explanatory Dictionary

Chaubunagungamaug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.

Word forms

Chaubunagungamaug Lake Chabunagungamaug

Etymology

From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands". Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

Synonyms

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake Chargoggagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug Lake Chaugogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug Lake Webster Webster Lake
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