name
Meaning 1
The Chesapeake Bay.
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Standard Lemma guide
Chesapeake
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name
Meaning 2
(with the) A Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as South Hampton Roads in Virginia, United States.
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Usage: historical
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name
Meaning 3
A number of other places in the United States:
An extinct town in Warren County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of other places in the United States:
A village in Lawrence County, Ohio.
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Meaning 6
A number of other places in the United States:
An independent city in south-east Virginia.
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Meaning 7
A number of other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of other places in the United States:
A town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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noun
Meaning 9
Any member of the Chesapeake tribe.
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Examples
- The Englishmen reported that they had seen several Chesapeakes in a canoe.
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Synonyms: Chesepian
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History
Etymology
From Chesepiook, from Algonquin chesepiooc. The demonym came from the toponym, signifying "people from the Chesapeake" or "Chesapeake people". It was widely believed for a long time that "Chesapeake" means something like "Great Shellfish Bay." However, according to Blair Rudes, linguist at the University of North Carolina, the name might actually mean something like "Great Water," or it might have been simply the name of a village at the bay's mouth.
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