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Agawam

Agawam noun: an Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich).

Noun

Agawam pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich).
    • First cultivated by the Agawam, broadleaf tobacco was soon planted by white settlers as a cash crop after they drove the Natives off the land.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 86

Proper noun

Agawam

  1. The language of this tribe.
  2. A settlement of this tribe.
  3. A town in Hampden County, western Massachusetts.
  4. A river in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts.
  5. Former name of Westfield River in Hampden County, western Massachusetts.
  6. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky.
  7. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Montana.
  8. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.

Questions about Agawam

What does Agawam mean?
Agawam means an Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich).
What part of speech is Agawam?
Agawam can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Agawam in the dictionary

  1. agaveside
  2. agavose
  3. agavoside
  4. Agavva
  5. Agaw
  6. Agawam
  7. agawan base
  8. agayn
  9. agaynest
  10. agaynst
  11. Agaz

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