English Explanatory Dictionary

Nipmuc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a people descended from the indigenous Algonquian peoples of Nippenet, corresponding to central Massachusetts and immediately adjacent portions of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Word forms

Nipmuc Nipmucs Nipmuck

Etymology

From Loup A Nippamaug, from nippe (“water”) + âmag (“fishing”).

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