Pequot.
A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Meaning & usage
A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Where this word comes from
Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).
This tribe.
The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.
Where this word comes from
Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).
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