English Explanatory Dictionary

Niantic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a tribe of New England Native Americans who lived in Connecticut and Rhode Island during the early colonial period.
name
  1. A census-designated place and village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
  2. A village and township in Macon County, Illinois.

Word forms

Niantic Niantics

Etymology

Borrowed from Mohegan-Pequot Nehântick.

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