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seawan

seawan noun: wampum (small beads made from polished shells).

Noun

seawan (usually uncountable, plural seawans)

  1. (usually) Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).

Forms of seawan

pluralseawans
alternative formseawant
alternative formsewan
alternative formzeawant
alternative formsewant

Origin of seawan

From a Munsee word like *séwan, meaning "unstrung wampum, scattered wampum". The term entered English via (New Amsterdam) Dutch.

Questions about seawan

What does seawan mean?
Seawan means wampum (small beads made from polished shells).
What part of speech is seawan?
Seawan is a noun.
What is the plural of seawan?
The plural of seawan is seawans.

Words near seawan in the dictionary

  1. seaviews
  2. Seaville
  3. seawall
  4. seawalled
  5. seawalls
  6. seawan
  7. seawans
  8. seawant
  9. seawants
  10. seaward
  11. seawardly

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