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Catskill.

Catskill Creek.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. Catskill Creek.

  2. A town in Greene County, New York, United States.

  3. A village, the county seat of Greene County, New York, located within the town.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms.

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Catskill Mountains.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms.

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