Piscataway
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
Noun
Piscataway pl (plural only)
- A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Piscataway
- The extinct Algonquian language of these people.
Etymology 2
From the name of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, whence came some founders of the New Jersey settlement.
Proper noun
Piscataway
- A township in New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.