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Katahdin
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English
+ (sheep)
Etymology
From en abe Ktaden Ktaden, Ktaaden great mountain, from abe kta-, gita- great (compare aaq kta- great) + abe aden mountain (whence also en monadnock).Henry Lorne Masta, Abenaki Indian Legends, Grammar and Place Names (orig. 1932, reprint. 2008, 189736718X), page 84: Katahdin from Ktaaden. Prefix “Kta” means great, grand, lofty. Suffix "Aden" meas mountain.William Wallace Tooker,Algonquian Names of Some Mountains and Hills, in The Journal of American Folk-lore (1904), volume 17, page 171: All the best authorities translate it as ["great mountain"], from K't, or Keht, "great," and -ahdin, "mountain." Cognate to aaq Ktàtən.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈtɑdɪn/
Proper noun
en Mount Katahdin.
Noun
A sheep of a particular breed developed in Maine.
References
en Sheep