English Explanatory Dictionary

seawan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).

Word forms

seawan seawans seawant sewan zeawant sewant

Etymology

From a Munsee word like *séwan, meaning "unstrung wampum, scattered wampum". The term entered English via (New Amsterdam) Dutch.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary