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Catskill

Catskill proper noun: catskill Creek.

Proper noun

Catskill

  1. Catskill Creek.
  2. A town in Greene County, New York, United States.
  3. A village, the county seat of Greene County, New York, located within the town.

Adjective

Catskill (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Catskill Mountains.
    • Further losses in such raids would spur Catskill people to call for revenge.2012, Tom Arne Midtrød, The Memory of All Ancient Customs, page 151
    • All three buildings were connected by an indoor bridge so that students never had to go outside, something that was helpful during the harsh Catskill winters.2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 116

Origin of Catskill

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms.

Phrases with Catskill

Questions about Catskill

What does Catskill mean?
Catskill means catskill Creek.
What part of speech is Catskill?
Catskill can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Catskill in the dictionary

  1. catsits
  2. catsitted
  3. catsitter
  4. catsitters
  5. catsitting
  6. Catskill
  7. Catskill Mountains
  8. Catskills
  9. catskin
  10. catskinner
  11. catskinners

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