Kitchawan

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an Eastern Algonquian term meaning "big (rapid) river". Compare Unami kithane (“big river”) (kit(a)- "big", -hane "river, stream"), Mohegan-Pequot kôkci- (“big”), Abenaki kchi (“big, great”), Penobscot ktci (“big, great”). The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.[1][2]

Proper noun

Kitchawan

  1. Former name of Croton (river in New York).
  2. (historical) The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohegan tribe.

Noun

Kitchawan (plural Kitchawan)

  1. A member of this group.

References

  1. ↑ Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
  2. ↑ Robert S. Grumet, Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names (2013, →ISBN
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