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Seekonk

Seekonk proper noun: a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Also the ellipsis of Seekonk River.

Proper noun

Seekonk

  1. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
    • […] diverce tounships established and setled in severall quarters of yᵉ govermente, as Plimoth, Duxberie, Sityate, Tanton, Sandwich, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Marchfeeld, and not longe after, Seacunke (called afterward, at yᵉ desire of yᵉ inhabitants, Rehoboth) and Nawsett […]1639–1640, William Bradford, “Of Plimoth Plantation, Book II”, in MHS Collections, series 4, volume 3, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, published 1856, →OCLC, page 372
    • I first pitch't and begun to build and plant at Secunk, now Rehoboth, but I received a letter from my antient friend Mr. Winslow, then Governour of Plymmouth, professing his oune and others love and respect to me, yet lovingly advising me, since I was fallen into the edge of their bounds and they...1670, Roger Williams, “A Letter from Roger Williams to Major Mason”, in MHS Collections, series 1, volume 1, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, published 1792, →OCLC, page 276

Also used as

Seekonk is also the ellipsis of Seekonk River.

Origin of Seekonk

Possibly from an Algonquian term for skunk; compare Abenaki segôgw. Alternatively, from Algonquian for "black goose"; Roger Williams gives "Súcki" for "black" and "Hònck" for "goose". The name is attested in various spellings since the 1600s, but for over a century the town was officially part of Rehoboth. The current town of Seekonk was only incorporated in 1812.

Words formed from Seekonk

Questions about Seekonk

What does Seekonk mean?
Seekonk means a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
What part of speech is Seekonk?
Seekonk is a proper noun.

Words near Seekonk in the dictionary

  1. seeking out
  2. seekingly
  3. seekings
  4. seekini
  5. seekinis
  6. Seekonk
  7. Seekonk River
  8. seeks
  9. seeks a knot in a bulrush
  10. seeks for
  11. seeks one's fortune

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