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taconic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
tacon-ic
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.

name

A hamlet in the town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

name

A town in New York, United States.

name

The geological process that resulted in the precursor to the modern Taconic mountain range and shaped much of the Appalachian range, or the time period in the early Silurian during which this occurred

adj

Relating to the geological process which created the Taconic mountain range.

Etymology

From Tacony (a certain river) + -ic. The river's name is borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”), from tè inan (“cold”) + -hàne (“river”). Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Taghkanic (alternative)

Derived Forms

taconite

Phrases

Taconic Mountains Taconic orogeny

Synonyms

Taconic Mountains Taconic orogeny

Questions

What does taconic mean?
A mountain range in New England, United States; A low mountain range in eastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southwestern Vermont.
Where does taconic come from?
From Tacony (a certain river) + -ic. The river's name is borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”), from tè inan (“cold”) + -hàne (“river”). Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.

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