Montauk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet and census-designated place in East Hampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
  2. The easternmost part of Long Island, New York, site of a lighthouse.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri.

Word forms

Montauk

Etymology

Borrowing from Mohegan-Pequot Montaukett, the name of the tribe, which roughly translates to "the fort country".

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