Chappaquiddick Island
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Massachusett cheppiaquidne[1] (or tchepi-aquidenet)[2] “separate island”, plus English island.
Proper noun
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- An island in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, east of Martha's Vineyard.
References
[edit]- ^ US Department of Interior (1974 February 24) “Feature Detail Report for: Chappaquiddick Island”, in Geographic Names Information System[1], retrieved May 9, 2018: “From an Indian word "cheppiaquidne" meaning "separated island"”
- ^ “The People of the First Light”, in Chappaquiddick Wampanoag[2], 2009, archived from the original on 4 March 2016: “CHAPPAQUIDDICK is derived from the Wampanoag phrase "tchepi-aquidenet" which means "place of separate island".”