name
Meaning 1
Former name of Croton (river in New York).
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Kitchawan
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name
Meaning 2
The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe.
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of this group.
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History
Etymology
Perhaps from Munsee kíhtsiipoong (kíhtsi·po·ng), from kíhtsiipuw (kíhtsi·pəw, “big river”) + -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from kíhch- (“big, very”), from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-, + síipuw (sí·pəw, “river”), from Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.