Piscataway

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/

Etymology 1

By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.

Noun

Piscataway pl (plural only)

  1. A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Alternative forms

Proper noun

Piscataway

  1. 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

  1. A township in New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.
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