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Pequot.

A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpiːˌkwɒt/
  1. 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”)).

name/ˈpiːˌkwɒt/
  1. This tribe.

  2. 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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