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Canarsee

Canarsee noun: a member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.

Noun

Canarsee (plural Canarsees or Canarsee)

  1. (historical) A member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.

Forms of Canarsee

pluralCanarsees
pluralCanarsee
alternative formCanarse
alternative formCanarsie

Questions about Canarsee

What does Canarsee mean?
Canarsee means a member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.
What part of speech is Canarsee?
Canarsee is a noun.
What is the plural of Canarsee?
The plural of Canarsee is Canarsees.

Words near Canarsee in the dictionary

  1. canarisms
  2. canarium
  3. canariums
  4. canaropyranoside
  5. Canarse
  6. Canarsee
  7. Canarsees
  8. Canarses
  9. Canarsie
  10. Canarsies
  11. canary

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