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mamaroneck

/məˈmɑɹənɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
ma-maro-neck
IPA
/məˈmɑɹənɛk/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town located on the Long Island Sound in Westchester County, New York, United States, on land purchased from Native Americans in 1661.

name

A village in Westchester County, New York, located partially in this town and in the town of Rye.

Etymology

From an Algonquian name. Nora Thompson Dean suggested Unami mehëmalunèk (“place to dance”); Whritenour suggested the more plausible Munsee maamaalahneek (“striped stream”), from maamaaleew (“to be striped”).

Questions

How do you pronounce mamaroneck?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈmɑɹənɛk/.
What does mamaroneck mean?
A town located on the Long Island Sound in Westchester County, New York, United States, on land purchased from Native Americans in 1661.
Where does mamaroneck come from?
From an Algonquian name. Nora Thompson Dean suggested Unami mehëmalunèk (“place to dance”); Whritenour suggested the more plausible Munsee maamaalahneek (“striped stream”), from maamaaleew (“to be striped”).

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