name
Meaning 1
A river in Pennsylvania, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Conestoga
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnəˈstəʊɡə/
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General-American: /ˌkɑnəˈstoʊɡə/
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rhymes with -əʊɡə
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CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N AH0 S T OW1 G AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Susquehannock
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of Conestoga wagon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
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noun
Meaning 5
a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, prairie wagon, prairie schooner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wagon, waggon
History
Etymology
From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.