English Explanatory Dictionary

Lenapehoking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The traditional region of the Lenape people, mostly in modern-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, in the United States.

Pronunciation

lĕ-nä′-pā-hō′-kēng /lɛˌnɑ.peɪˈhoʊ.kiŋ/

Word forms

Lenapehoking

Etymology

Borrowed from Unami Lënapehòkink (literally “in the Lenape land”), from Lënape (“Lenape”) + hàki (“land”) + -ink (locative suffix).

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