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Pequot

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːˌkwɒt/

The English word “Pequot” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.

proper noun

  1. This tribe.
  2. The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.

Etymology

Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

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