Kitchawan
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (tribe): Kitchawonk, Kitchewan, Kitchewank, Kitchawong
- (river): Kitchewan, Kitchawong, Kightawanck
Etymology
[edit]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.[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]Kitchawan
- Former name of Croton (river in New York).
- (historical) The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe.
Noun
[edit]Kitchawan (plural Kitchawan)
- A member of this group.
References
[edit]- Joseph Nazar, Jefferson Valley's Heritage, Indians, Antiques and Tall Tales