Chaubunagungamaug

English

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Lake Chaubunagungamaug

Alternative forms

Lake Chabunagungamaug

Etymology

From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands".

Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Chaubunagungamaug

A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.

Usage notes

This is the name found in the earliest records and is used by the USGS. Some locals prefer fancifully lengthened versions of the name.

Synonyms

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug
Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Lake Chargoggagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug
Lake Chaugogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug
Lake Webster, Webster Lake

Translations

lake

References

^ Ives Goddard, Untitled review of Trumbull (1974), in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 43, no. 2 (April, 1977), pp. 157–159
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Ives Goddard, "Time to Retire an Indian Place-Name Hoax", The New York Times (September 29, 1990)
^ Pam Belluck, What's the Name of That Lake? It's Hard to Say (November 30, 2004)

[Goddard1-1] Ives Goddard, Untitled review of Trumbull (1974), in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 43, no. 2 (April, 1977), pp. 157–159

[Goddard2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Ives Goddard, "Time to Retire an Indian Place-Name Hoax", The New York Times (September 29, 1990)

[3] Pam Belluck, What's the Name of That Lake? It's Hard to Say (November 30, 2004)