English Explanatory Dictionary

Neshannock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white-fleshed variety of potato, suitable for table use, which was popular in the 1800s.

Word forms

Neshannock Neshannocks

Etymology

Named for the place in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where it was first produced. The placename means "place of two streams" in Unami: from nisha (“two”) + a root meaning "stream" (compare tànkhane (“narrow stream”), wëlàhëne (“nice stream”) + the locative suffix -k.

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