English Explanatory Dictionary

rockaway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather.
  2. A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
name
  1. A sandy peninsula in Queens County, New York, extending west from Nassau County, dividing Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A borough of Morris County, New Jersey.
  3. A river in New Jersey, a tributary of the Passaic.
noun
  1. A Native American inhabiting this region.

Word forms

rockaway rockaways

Etymology

Probably from Rockaway Beach, where they were used. From the Unami lekawe (“sandy place”) or a Munsee cognate of that word.

Synonyms

Rockaway carriage
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