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Piscataway
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English
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Pronunciation
en /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/
Etymology 1
By en naturalize linguistics naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
Noun
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A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Alternative forms
en Piscatawa Piscatawas Piscataways
Proper noun
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
en twp co/Middlesex County s/New Jersey c/United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.
References
TopoZone: Piscataway, New Jersey
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