nanticoke
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.
name
Their Algonquian language.
name
An unincorporated community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
name
A river in Delaware and Maryland, United States.
name
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County Maryland, United States.
name
A town in Broome County, New York, United States.
name
A city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Example Sentences
- "The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, the Coast Guard official said."
- "Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department."
Etymology
Borrowed from Nanticoke Nentego.