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Nanticoke

Nanticoke noun: a member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.

Noun

Nanticoke (plural Nanticokes or Nanticoke)

  1. A member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.

Proper noun

Nanticoke

  1. Their Algonquian language.
  2. An unincorporated community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A river in Delaware and Maryland, United States.
    • The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, the Coast Guard official said.2012 June 11, Chris Lawrence, “Navy drone crashes in Maryland”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2022
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County Maryland, United States.
  5. A town in Broome County, New York, United States.
  6. A city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 May 2025

Forms of Nanticoke

pluralNanticokes
pluralNanticoke

Origin of Nanticoke

Borrowed from Nanticoke Nentego.

Questions about Nanticoke

What does Nanticoke mean?
Nanticoke means a member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.
What part of speech is Nanticoke?
Nanticoke can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Nanticoke?
The plural of Nanticoke is Nanticokes.

Words near Nanticoke in the dictionary

  1. Nanterre
  2. Nantes
  3. Nantgaredig
  4. Nantgarw
  5. nanti
  6. Nanticoke
  7. Nanticokes
  8. nantle
  9. Nantlle
  10. Nantmawr
  11. Nantmel

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