Mamaroneck
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English
Etymology
From an Algonquian name. Nora Thompson Dean suggested Unami mehëmalunèk (“place to dance”); Whritenour suggested the more plausible Munsee maamaalahneek (“striped stream”),[1] from maamaaleew (“to be striped”).[2]
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Proper noun
Mamaroneck
- A town located on the Long Island Sound in Westchester County, New York, United States, on land purchased from Native Americans in 1661.
- A village in Westchester County, New York, located partially in this town and in the town of Rye.
References
- ^ Grumet, Robert S. with Whritenour, Raymond (2013) Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 75
- ^ Bright, William (2004) Native American Placenames of the United States, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 263