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pequot

/ˈpiːˌkwɒt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
pe-quot
IPA
/ˈpiːˌkwɒt/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

This tribe.

name

The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.

Etymology

Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

Inflected Forms

Pequots (plural) Pequod (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pequot?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpiːˌkwɒt/.
What does pequot mean?
A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Where does pequot come from?
Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

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