Wahstonhronòn:ke
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Mohawk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Wahstonhró:non (“American”) + -’ke (“locative suffix”), itself from the Mohawk word Wáhston (“Boston”), from English Boston.
Noun
[edit]Wahstonhronòn:ke
- United States (a country in North America)
References
[edit]- Michelson, Gunther, Michelson, Karin, Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024) A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, page 349