Poughkeepsie
English
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Etymology
[edit]From a word in Wappinger Munsee, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing (“the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Poughkeepsie
- A city, the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States.
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Joffe (2008) Where'e Poughkeepsie? Finding The Lost Spring[1]
- ^ “Poughkeepsie”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012
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- English terms borrowed from Munsee
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- en:Cities in New York, USA
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