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Taconic.

A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.

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  1. A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.

  2. A hamlet in the town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

  3. A town in New York, United States.

  4. The geological process that resulted in the precursor to the modern Taconic mountain range and shaped much of the Appalachian range, or the time period in the early Silurian during which this occurred

Where this word comes from

From Tacony (a certain river) + -ic. The river's name is borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”), from tè inan (“cold”) + -hàne (“river”). Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.

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  1. Relating to the geological process which created the Taconic mountain range.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Tacony (a certain river) + -ic. The river's name is borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”), from tè inan (“cold”) + -hàne (“river”). Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.

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