英语词汇“Nanticoke”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Nanticoke

/ˈnantəkəʊk/

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating a North American Indian people, formerly inhabiting the area of the Nanticoke River on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Delaware. Later, also (in extended use): of, relating to, or designating a confederacy of closely related peoples residing on the Eastern Shore, including the Nanticoke, Choptank, and others.

noun

1A member of the Nanticoke people. Later, also (in extended use): a member of the Nanticoke confederacy.

2The extinct Eastern Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and neighbouring groups until the mid-19th cent.

It was most closely related to Conoy (or Piscataway), the two being sometimes referred to as Nanticoke–Conoy..

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Proceedings Council Maryland. From a Virginia Algonquian place name first attested in an English context as Nautaquake, denoting a place inhabited by the Nanticoke tribe; compare Munsee wənéhtkoːw, a Nanticoke person, Mahican Wenuhtukowuk (plural).

单词	Nanticoke
释义	Nanticoke /ˈnantəkəʊk/ adjective Of, relating to, or designating a North American Indian people, formerly inhabiting the area of the Nanticoke River on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Delaware. Later, also (in extended use): of, relating to, or designating a confederacy of closely related peoples residing on the Eastern Shore, including the Nanticoke, Choptank, and others. noun 1A member of the Nanticoke people. Later, also (in extended use): a member of the Nanticoke confederacy. 2The extinct Eastern Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and neighbouring groups until the mid-19th cent. It was most closely related to Conoy (or Piscataway), the two being sometimes referred to as Nanticoke–Conoy.. Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Proceedings Council Maryland. From a Virginia Algonquian place name first attested in an English context as Nautaquake, denoting a place inhabited by the Nanticoke tribe; compare Munsee wənéhtkoːw, a Nanticoke person, Mahican Wenuhtukowuk (plural).
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