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oriskany

/əˈɹɪskəni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
Oris-ka-ny
IPA
/əˈɹɪskəni/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Oneida County, New York, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.

Etymology

Said to be from Iroquoian (“place of nettles”). According to folk etymology, the naming of the town was due to a typographical error on the address label of an envelope. The 1777 Battle of Oriskany during the American Revolution was fought west of the location of the modern village, near an Oneida village called Oriska. It has been suggested that the modern village, founded in 1811, was also originally named Oriska, but became Oriskany after an envelope marked “Oriska NY” was misinterpreted. However, this is highly unlikely due to the existence of 18th-century documents using the name Oriskany which predate the founding of the local post office by decades.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈɹɪskəni/
  • British English: /əˈɹɪskəni/

Phrases

Oriskany Falls

Questions

How do you pronounce oriskany?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹɪskəni/.
What does oriskany mean?
A village in Oneida County, New York, United States.
Where does oriskany come from?
Said to be from Iroquoian (“place of nettles”). According to folk etymology, the naming of the town was due to a typographical error on the address label of an envelope. The 1777 Battle of Oriskany during the American Revolution was fought west of the location of the modern village, near an Oneida village called Oriska. It has been suggested that the modern village, founded in 1811, was also originally named Oriska, but became Oriskany after an envelope marked “Oriska NY” was misinterpreted. However, this is highly unlikely due to the existence of 18th-century documents using the name Oriskany which predate the founding of the local post office by decades.

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