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Kitchawan

Kitchawan proper noun: former name of Croton (river in New York).

Proper noun

Kitchawan

  1. Former name of Croton (river in New York).
  2. (historical) The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe.

Noun

Kitchawan (plural Kitchawan)

  1. A member of this group.

Forms of Kitchawan

Proper noun
alternative formKitchawonk
alternative formKitchewan
alternative formKitchewank
alternative formKitchawong
alternative formKightawanck
Noun
pluralKitchawan

Origin of Kitchawan

Perhaps from Munsee kíhtsiipoong (kíhtsi·po·ng), from kíhtsiipuw (kíhtsi·pəw, “big river”) + -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from kíhch- (“big, very”), from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-, + síipuw (sí·pəw, “river”), from Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.

Questions about Kitchawan

What does Kitchawan mean?
Kitchawan means former name of Croton (river in New York).
What part of speech is Kitchawan?
Kitchawan can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Kitchawan in the dictionary

  1. kitcha
  2. Kitcharao
  3. kitcharee
  4. kitchari
  5. kitcharis
  6. Kitchawan
  7. Kitchawong
  8. Kitchawonk
  9. Kitchell
  10. Kitchells
  11. kitchen

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