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Chappaquiddick Island
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English
Etymology
From en wam cheppiaquidneFebruary 24, 1974 US Department of Interior Feature Detail Report for: Chappaquiddick Island Geographic Names Information System http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:616498 From an Indian word "cheppiaquidne" meaning "separated island" May 9, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20210124072515/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=GNISPQ:3:::NO::P3_FID:616498 24 January 2021 (or wam tchepi-wam aquidenet)2009 The People of the First Light Chappaquiddick Wampanoag http://www.chappaquiddick-wampanoag.org/historicalroots/tchepiaquidenet.html CHAPPAQUIDDICK is derived from the Wampanoag phrase "tchepi-aquidenet" which means "place of separate island". May 9, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090639/http://www.chappaquiddick-wampanoag.org/historicalroots/tchepiaquidenet.html 4 March 2016 “separate island”, plus English en island.
Proper noun
Chappaquiddick Island
en Q1062779en island co/Dukes County s/Massachusetts c/USA east of Martha's Vineyard.
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