单词 | Niantic |
释义 | Niantic/nʌɪˈantɪk/(also Nehantic) Now chiefly historical noun A member of either of two North American Indian peoples living along the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut at the time of first European contact.
adjective Of or relating to the Niantics. OriginMid 17th century; earliest use found in Roger Williams. From the names in south-eastern New England Algonquian languages of two places, and the ethnic name based on these (e.g. Narragansett Nayantakoog, plural). |
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