Conanicut Island

English Etymology From en xnt -, said to be en 1 Canonicus chief =.https://books.google.com/books?id=PFtOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA723 History of Newport County, Rhode Island Richard Mather Bayles New York L. E. Preston & Co. 1029861859 1888 723 Town of Jamestown J. R. Cole The name Canonicus is in turn a Latinization of Qunnouone,https://archive.org/details/memoirofrogerwil00knowuoft/page/307/mode/2up?q=Qunnouone Memoir of Roger Williams Boston, MA Boston Lincoln, Edmands, & Co. 1048806995 1834 James D. Knowles 307, quoting a 1659 deed, possibly by William Harris (settler) William Harris which has been said to be from xnt *qunni long, tall.https://archive.org/details/greatnorthameric00dock/page/49 Great North American Indians Frederick J. Dockstader Van Nostrand Reinhold New York 0442021488 49 Canonicus 1977140 qunni The ending xnt -ut indicates the locative.116 Conanicut Island Some sources directly translate Conanicut as "long place". Proper noun Conanicut Island en island bay/Narragansett Bay s/Rhode Island c/USA, comprising the populated part of Jamestown. References