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Piscataway

/pɪsˈkætəweɪ/

Piscataway noun: a certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.

Noun

Piscataway pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.

Proper noun (1)

Piscataway

  1. The extinct Algonquian language of these people.

Proper noun (2)

Piscataway

  1. A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.

Forms of Piscataway

alternative formPiscatawa
alternative formPiscatawas
alternative formPiscataways

Origin of Piscataway

By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.

From the name of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, whence came some founders of the New Jersey settlement.

Questions about Piscataway

What does Piscataway mean?
Piscataway means a certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
What part of speech is Piscataway?
Piscataway can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Piscataway?
Piscataway is pronounced /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/.

Words near Piscataway in the dictionary

  1. piscashes
  2. Piscataqua
  3. Piscataquis County
  4. Piscatawa
  5. Piscatawas
  6. Piscataway
  7. Piscataways
  8. piscation
  9. piscations
  10. piscatologist
  11. piscatologists

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