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Willimantic.

A river in Connecticut, United States.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌwɪləˈmæntɪk/
  1. A river in Connecticut, United States.

  2. A former borough, former city, now census-designated place in the town of Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, United States, named after the river.

  3. A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after the former city in Connecticut.

Where this word comes from

From Eastern Algonquian, likely Mohegan-Pequot or Narragansett, meaning "land of swift-moving waters", referring to the steep drop of the Willimantic River, or "place near the cedar swamp".

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