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

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.

These peoples are distinguished as Eastern Niantic and Western Niantic respectively, and are of uncertain relationship to each other.Since the 1990s in form Nehantic also: a member of a group claiming descent from the Niantics..

adjective

Of or relating to the Niantics.

Origin

Mid 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).

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. These peoples are distinguished as Eastern Niantic and Western Niantic respectively, and are of uncertain relationship to each other.Since the 1990s in form Nehantic also: a member of a group claiming descent from the Niantics.. adjective Of or relating to the Niantics. Origin Mid 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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