User:Victar/List of proper nouns in Westchester County, New York derived from Munsee

Place names

 * Acquasimink (1695, new )
 * from, locative of.
 * from, locative of , from
 * "it's dry with the water gone"
 * Alipartis - area in New Castle -
 * Alipkonk (also Alipkonck (1656), Alipconck (1659), Alipconk, Aliponeck; 41°05′29.4″N 73°52′10.8″W)
 * from, , locative of (compare 🇨🇬), from.
 * from, , locative of.
 * from, locative of
 * Amackassin (also Meghkeekassin, Mekhkakhsin, Makakassin) - former landmark near Greenburgh/Yonkers
 * Meechek-achsiitik, “at the big rock.”
 * "a large rock" near Hudson River
 * perhaps from, from + , from
 * Amawalk - mountain, reservoir near Somers - "people gathering up a little hill"
 * Apawamis (also Apawquammis, Apawammeis, Epawames, now Budd's Neck) (Rye Neck)
 * Appagaghpogh - land near Cortlandt - "where the cattails used to cover lodges grow"
 * Apwonnah - Milton Harbor Rye
 * "the landlocked bay"
 * "an oyster" or "the roasted shellfish"
 * Aqueanouncke (Hutchinson River) - "red cedar trees"
 * Aquehung (Bronx River)
 * Armenperal (also Armenperai, Armenveruis) (Sprain Brook)
 * a high bank or bluff
 * Armonk (also Armonck (1654))
 * "fishing place between the hills"
 * amaug, a fishing place
 * "came out of the bush"
 * ,, from , + 🇨🇬.
 * Asoquatah - East Long Pond Mountain, Lewisboro - "pine tree sap place"
 * Aspetong - mountain in Bedford) - "the high place"
 * Asumsowis - Pelham) "by the straight inlet"
 * Bisightick - Sunnyside Brook Irvington/Tarrytown - "something that's half there"
 * Cahotatea - Hudson River) "river that comes from the mountains"
 * Caywaywest (Orienta Point, Mamaroneck)
 * Chappaqua, Shapiqua, Shapaqua, Shapequa, Shappaqua, from
 * Munsee word pequa,“stream
 * Chaubunkongamaug (~Armonk, Cohamong, Coman, Cobamong) - Byram River
 * Cisqua (Bedford), from.
 * Cobamong (North Castle) - See Chaubunkongamaug
 * Coshunk (Mt. Pleasant)
 * Croton river - (Also Kenotin, Knoten?) See
 * Eaukecaupacuson - Rye - "place where a stream overflows"
 * Haseco meadow - Rye/Port Chester - "grown too long and gotten woody"
 * Heaptauqua lake - New Castle - jest
 * Jamawissa creek - Cortlandt
 * Katonah, Cantitoe, Named for the Indian sachem Katonah, a shortened form of Ketatonah, meaning "great mountain." He sold the land in 1680. kitahtëne "big mountain" (compare Kittanteny, Kittatinny)
 * Keakates lake - Yorktown
 * Kensico (1849), named for sachem Cokenseko, a Siwanoy from Rye who took part in the sale of the land in 1683.
 * Keskeskick - Yonkers - "grown green place"
 * Kestaubuick (also Kestaubuiuck (1656), Kestauboiuck(1659), Kastoniuck, Kestaubauck, Kastoniuck) Ossining
 * the great encampment
 * Kewightequack - Yorktown - "green place"
 * Kitchawan (also Kichtawanc (1643), Kicktawanc (1643), Kictawanc (1643), Kitchawanc (1643), Kitchawonck (1643), Ketchtawangh (1663), Kichtawan (1664), Kichtewangh (1664), Kightewangh (1664), Kightowan (1690), Kightawanck, Kitchawong, Kitchewan), perhaps from , locative of.
 * Kisco (also Keskisko, Kekisconck)
 * from
 * Kittanteny / Kittatinny : see Katonah
 * Laaphawachking a midden heap near Croton - "place of stringing"
 * Mamanasquag - North Salem
 * Mamaroneck (also Moworronoke, Mamarack (1661))
 * from, from
 * "place where the fresh water falls into the salt,"
 * from Mamaroneck: A chief's name, translated as He has stripes on his arms, perhaps referring to tattoos, or a gathering where streams come together.
 * from mohmoanock, "he assembles the people."
 * Mangopson - Larchmont
 * Manunketsuck - Long Island Sound - "broad flowing river"
 * Manursing - Rye - ?
 * Mattegticos - Somers - "it's clear mud"
 * Meahagh (Cortlandt), from, diminutive of.
 * Mehicanituck - Hudson River - "mixes up, every way; it's not going up or down", referring to tides in the estuary.
 * Mianus < (Maharness, Meyanos) - "he who gathers the people"
 * Miosebassaky marsh - Rye - "the great marsh"
 * Mockquams - Blind Brook - "blind cover tree"
 * Mohansic brook - Somers - ?
 * Mohegan - c. 1860s
 * Mopus brook - North Salem - ?
 * Mosholu - Tibbits Brook (Yonkers) - "it's running funny"
 * Titicus < Mughititicocos - North Salem
 * Muscoot - Bedford, Somers - "something swampy"
 * Nanahagan brook, park < Nanegeeken - ?
 * Nanhook - Mamaroneck, rocks in Long Island Sound - ?
 * Nanichiestawack - Bedford - "a place of safety/assembly" or "to listen to one another"
 * Nappeckamax - Yonkers - "the place of fish traps"
 * Narahawmis - Lewisboro - ?
 * Nepperhan (also Nepperhaem (1646), Neperan (1666), Nepperha (1682), Nippizan (1682), Wepperhaem (1682), Neppierha (1684), Nipperan, Nappeckamak, later Youncker's Creek (1684), today Saw Mill River), from , from +  (compare 🇨🇬).
 * Noname - appears as 'signature'
 * Oneonme lake - jest
 * Oscawana island, park - Cortlandt - < Askawanes (personal name)
 * Osceola lake - Yorktown - Seminole personal name
 * Ossining (also Sing Sing Sintsing (1645), Sintsinck (1654),, Sintsincq (1663), Sinksink (1685)), from , , locative diminutive of.
 * Pahotasack - ?
 * Paquingtuk river, creek, now renamed - Peekskill - ?
 * Peespunk spring - Lewisboro - "they are sweating"
 * Pehquenakonck - North Salem - "the nearby high place"
 * Peningo point - Rye - < Ponus personal name of Toquams sagamore
 * Pepemighting (Kisco River) - New Castle - "place where people hang around"
 * Peppengheck pond - Lewisboro - "selected land"
 * Pocantico (1680, also Pocanteco, Pekantico (1681), Pueghanduck (1681), Peckantico, Puegkandicok (1681), Pereghanduck, Puegkanteko, Weghkandeco)
 * pohkunni, dark, and thence pecontecue, night, making the whole meaning dark river.
 * from pohki-tuck-ut, at the clear stream
 * a run between two hills
 * Punka-barre - Hastings-on-Hudson - ?
 * Quaropas (also Quaroppas, Quarropas, today White Plains)
 * perhaps from, from
 * or named after Orawapum
 * Rahonaness - Rye - ?
 * Rechawes - Yonkers/Bronx - brook ?
 * Rippowam river - Stamford CT - ?
 * Sachera - "the shore path"
 * Sackhoes - Peekskill - "near the mouth of the river"
 * Senesqua park - Croton-on-Hudson - "the grassy place"
 * Sepackena (1693, today in Tarrytown), from +
 * Sepperack stream - Croton-on-Hudson - "a rock with water coming out"
 * Shatemuc - Hudson River - ?
 * Shippa - New Rochelle - ?
 * Sigghes - Greenburgh/Yonkers landmark rocks - ?
 * Siscowit - Pound Ridge - "muddy place"
 * Succabone corners - Bedford - "black place"
 * Tamoesis Cortlandt - Dickey Broook
 * Tanracken creek - Croton-on-Hudson - ?
 * Tapornick - Lewisboro - personal name
 * Tappan (also Tappaan (1654)), from , from , from.
 * Tatomuck river - see Tapornick
 * Tuckahoe
 * from, from , ,
 * from a designation meaning "place of the tuckah" (root of the golden club). Alternatively
 * from Unami takeho "dig it up" (compare ktahòòk "dig them up") or a Munsee cognate of the same.
 * Ubiequaeshook - Bronx - ?
 * Waccabuc lake, etc - Lewisboro - < Wepuc - ?
 * Wachiehamis (Peekskill)
 * Wampus - name of a lake, a river, and several places in Fairfield County, CT, and Westchester County, NY, particularly around the hamlet of Armonk in the town of North Castle - Possibly from the name of a sachem also called also called Wampage and Ann Hook [sic], in which case possibly from an Algonquian root meaning "opossum"; but the sachem may in fact have been named after the place (his other name "Ann Hook" is "likely taken from Anne's Hoeck, a neck of land jutting into Eastchester Bay").
 * Weckquaeskeck in Dobbs Ferry - A very variable name: at least 32 spelling variants are attested, including Wickquaskeck and Weck-qua-es-keck. Alternative names included Wes-se-ca-now, and possibly Wossecamer and Wescawanus and possibly also Wykagyl. Originally the name of a group that inhabited the area. The tract of land referred to by this name extended to a creek called Weghquagsike or Weghqueghe. Said by Bert Ruiz (2013) to mean "the open land around our home" in Lenape (Unami or Munsee).
 * Wickapy in Cortlandt (Anthony's Nose) - "At the end of the land". Compare Unami wikwe "that is the end".
 * Wishqua - From Wickapy? Attested in 1685 as the name of tract north of the Croton river. "Tocker defines it [as] the end, probably from wanashque."
 * Wachiehamis (Peekskill)
 * Wampus - name of a lake, a river, and several places in Fairfield County, CT, and Westchester County, NY, particularly around the hamlet of Armonk in the town of North Castle - Possibly from the name of a sachem also called also called Wampage and Ann Hook [sic], in which case possibly from an Algonquian root meaning "opossum"; but the sachem may in fact have been named after the place (his other name "Ann Hook" is "likely taken from Anne's Hoeck, a neck of land jutting into Eastchester Bay").
 * Weckquaeskeck in Dobbs Ferry - A very variable name: at least 32 spelling variants are attested, including Wickquaskeck and Weck-qua-es-keck. Alternative names included Wes-se-ca-now, and possibly Wossecamer and Wescawanus and possibly also Wykagyl. Originally the name of a group that inhabited the area. The tract of land referred to by this name extended to a creek called Weghquagsike or Weghqueghe. Said by Bert Ruiz (2013) to mean "the open land around our home" in Lenape (Unami or Munsee).
 * Wickapy in Cortlandt (Anthony's Nose) - "At the end of the land". Compare Unami wikwe "that is the end".
 * Wishqua - From Wickapy? Attested in 1685 as the name of tract north of the Croton river. "Tocker defines it [as] the end, probably from wanashque."

Other places of interest

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 * Manhattan, from
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 * 2) from.
 * Wappinger, from

Tribe names

 * Kitchewan (now Croton, Wapp. R)
 * Meahagh (now Cortlandt)
 * Alipconck (now So. Tarrytown, Weck)
 * Katonah (after Wapp. Chief)
 * Oscawana (near Cortlandt)
 * Sintsink (Ossining, Spoke Wapp.R)
 * Quarropus (now White Plains, Siwanoy)
 * Muskatow Pequenahunc (now No. Salem)
 * Toquam (Pound Ridge, Kitchewan R)
 * Tuckahoe, (“Jack-in-the-Pulpit” ie “A root that’s good to eat”)
 * Pokerhoe (No. Tarrytown, Sintsink R)
 * Shonanocke (Rye, R speakers)
 * Ammawalk Nanichkestawak (Somers)
 * Armonk (from Warramaug)
 * Petuquepaen (now Somers)
 * Cantitoe (now Bedford)
 * Mamaroneck?(“Stripes on His Arms” Mamaroneck)
 * Hoseco (Port Chester)
 * Kisco (now New Castle)
 * Poningoe, (Rye, on Manursing Is.)