Kitchawan

English Alternative forms tribe en Kitchawonk, en Kitchewan, en Kitchewank, en Kitchawong river en Kitchewan, en Kitchawong, en Kightawanck Etymology Perhaps from en umu kíhtsiipoong kíhtsi·po·ng, from umu kíhtsiipuw kíhtsi·pəw big river ung -əng locative suffix 1, from umu kíhch- big, very, from en alg-pro *keʔči-, + umu síipuw sí·pəw river, from en alg-pro *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New YorkRobert S. Grumet, Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names (2013, 0806189134) Proper noun en Croton river in New York. en historical The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe. Noun * A member of this group. References Joseph Nazar, Jefferson Valley's Heritage, Indians, Antiques and Tall Tales