name
Meaning 1
A town in New York, and a village within it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
fishkill
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CMU ARPABET: F IH1 SH K IH2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An environmental event in which fish are killed.
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History
Etymology
From Dutch Viskil, composed of vis (“fish”) + kil (“creek”), modified or calqued based on the English cognates fish and (Dutch-origin) kill.
From fish + kill.