English Explanatory Dictionary

Mannahatta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Manhattan.

Word forms

Mannahatta

Etymology

From Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.

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