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Wappinger

Wappinger noun: a member of a Munsee-speaking Eastern Algonquian Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.

wappinger: a member of a Munsee-speaking Eastern Algonquian Native American people from what is now southern...
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Noun

Wappinger (plural Wappingers or Wappinger)

  1. (historical) A member of a Munsee-speaking Eastern Algonquian Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.

Proper noun

Wappinger

  1. A town in Dutchess County, New York, United States.

Forms of Wappinger

pluralWappingers
pluralWappinger

Words formed from Wappinger

Questions about Wappinger

What does Wappinger mean?
Wappinger means a member of a Munsee-speaking Eastern Algonquian Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.
What part of speech is Wappinger?
Wappinger can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Wappinger?
The plural of Wappinger is Wappingers.

Words near Wappinger in the dictionary

  1. wapping kens
  2. wapping moll
  3. wapping molls
  4. wapping mort
  5. wapping morts
  6. Wappinger
  7. Wappingers
  8. Wappingers Falls
  9. Wappo
  10. Wappos
  11. wapps

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