English Explanatory Dictionary

Kitchawan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Croton (river in New York).
  2. The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe.
noun
  1. A member of this group.

Word forms

Kitchawan Kitchawonk Kitchewan Kitchewank Kitchawong Kightawanck

Etymology

Perhaps from Munsee kíhtsiipoong (kíhtsi·po·ng), from kíhtsiipuw (kíhtsi·pəw, “big river”) + -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from kíhch- (“big, very”), from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-, + síipuw (sí·pəw, “river”), from Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.

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