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Shackamaxon

Shackamaxon proper noun: a meeting-place near the Delaware River, used by the Lenape tribe in North America, and where the Treaty of Shackamaxon was signed in 1682.

Proper noun

Shackamaxon

  1. (historical) A meeting-place near the Delaware River, used by the Lenape tribe in North America, and where the Treaty of Shackamaxon was signed in 1682.

Questions about Shackamaxon

What does Shackamaxon mean?
Shackamaxon means a meeting-place near the Delaware River, used by the Lenape tribe in North America, and where the Treaty of Shackamaxon was signed in 1682.
What part of speech is Shackamaxon?
Shackamaxon is a proper noun.

Words near Shackamaxon in the dictionary

  1. shack rat
  2. shack rats
  3. shack up
  4. shack-shack
  5. shack-shacks
  6. Shackamaxon
  7. shackbolt
  8. shackbolts
  9. shackdweller
  10. shackdwellers
  11. shacked

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