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Shawangunk

Shawangunk proper noun: a town in Ulster County, New York, United States, named after Shawangunk Kill and Shawangunk Ridge.

Proper noun

Shawangunk

  1. A town in Ulster County, New York, United States, named after Shawangunk Kill and Shawangunk Ridge.

Origin of Shawangunk

From Lenape. Doublet of Shongum.

Questions about Shawangunk

What does Shawangunk mean?
Shawangunk means a town in Ulster County, New York, United States, named after Shawangunk Kill and Shawangunk Ridge.
What part of speech is Shawangunk?
Shawangunk is a proper noun.

Words near Shawangunk in the dictionary

  1. Shaw's agave
  2. shawabti
  3. Shawalo
  4. Shawanda
  5. Shawanese
  6. Shawangunk
  7. Shawano
  8. Shawano County
  9. shawarma
  10. shawarmas
  11. Shawayga

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