English Explanatory Dictionary

Schaghticoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
name
  1. The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
  2. A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
  3. A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Pronunciation

/ˈskætɨkoʊk/ /ˈskætɨkʊk/

Word forms

Schaghticoke Schaghticokes Scaticook Scatacook Pachgatgoch Pishgachtigok Scachtacook Scanticook Schaacticook Patchgatgoch

Etymology

A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

Derived words

Schaghticoke Hill East Schaghticoke
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