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schaghticoke

/ˈskætɨkoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
schaghti-coke
IPA
/ˈskætɨkoʊk/
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.

name

The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.

name

A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.

name

A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Etymology

A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

Inflected Forms

Schaghticokes (plural) Scaticook (alternative) Scatacook (alternative) Pachgatgoch (alternative) Pishgachtigok (alternative) Scachtacook (alternative) Scanticook (alternative) Schaacticook (alternative) Patchgatgoch (alternative)

Phrases

Schaghticoke Hill East Schaghticoke

Questions

How do you pronounce schaghticoke?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskætɨkoʊk/.
What does schaghticoke mean?
A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
Where does schaghticoke come from?
A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

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