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Conestoga

UK/ˌkɒnəˈstəʊɡə/US/ˌkɑnəˈstoʊɡə/

Conestoga proper noun: a river in Pennsylvania, United States. Also the ellipsis of Conestoga wagon.

Proper noun

Conestoga

  1. A river in Pennsylvania, United States.

Noun

Conestoga (plural Conestogas or Conestoga)

  1. (historical) Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
    Synonyms:
    Susquehannock
  2. (historical) A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania.

Also used as

Conestoga is also the ellipsis of Conestoga wagon.

Synonyms of Conestoga

Forms of Conestoga

pluralConestogas
pluralConestoga

Origin of Conestoga

From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.

Words formed from Conestoga

Phrases with Conestoga

Words that rhyme with Conestoga

Questions about Conestoga

What does Conestoga mean?
Conestoga means a river in Pennsylvania, United States.
What part of speech is Conestoga?
Conestoga can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Conestoga?
Conestoga is pronounced /ˌkɒnəˈstəʊɡə/ (UK).

Words near Conestoga in the dictionary

  1. Coneses
  2. conessine
  3. conessines
  4. conestat alfa
  5. Conestee
  6. Conestoga
  7. Conestoga wagon
  8. Conestoga wagons
  9. Conestoga wain
  10. Conestoga wains
  11. Conestogas

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