Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piscataway

/pɪsˈkætəweɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: pis-cat-away
IPA: /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.

name

The extinct Algonquian language of these people.

name

A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.

Etymology

By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.

Inflected Forms

Piscatawa (alternative) Piscatawas (alternative) Piscataways (alternative)

Rhymes With

hataway

Questions

How do you pronounce piscataway?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/.
What does piscataway mean?: A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Where does piscataway come from?: By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.

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