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pokelogan
[ pohk-loh-guhn ]
noun
, Northeastern U.S.
- marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
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Origin of pokelogan1
First recorded in 1840–50 (earlier as placename); origin uncertain; perhaps from an Algonquian language, e.g., Ojibwe pokenogun “stopping place,” or Maliseet papkeləkwan “backwater”; bogan
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Origin of pokelogan1
C19: from Ojibwa pokenogun
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