Adirondack
Americannoun
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Adirondacks,
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Adirondack
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a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
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the Adirondacks. Adirondack Mountains.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Adirondack
Probably earlier than 1865–70,
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“Under the Falls,” Richard Russo’s first full-blown thriller in his 40-year career, doesn’t start with a shocking murder, but a three-page meditation on the Adirondack Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The first act is all infatuation with director Sophie Brooks and cinematographer Conor Murphy delighting in scenes of superficial bliss: sunflowers, pretty clouds, Adirondack chairs nestled together just so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
Another employee grabs the register, and Massry and I sit on the Adirondack chairs outside the store.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
Her son, a 33-year-old New York City man, had gone hiking in the Adirondack Mountains that March morning.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
“A man saw them in front of my cabin and offered me so much money for them, I couldn’t refuse. He said they were fine examples of Adirondack furniture.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
They also reportedly own a historic lodge in the Adirondacks that they purchased from music star Shania Twain and then-husband producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
New York is one of the top states for family cottages, called camps in the Adirondacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
One of the Zoomers suggested the Adirondacks, but there he would have threatened native wildlife and competed with native raptors.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025
To the right, a smattering of bundled-up fans leaned back in Adirondacks dotting a fenced-off VIP area with a small bar dubbed the STG Club.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
He told me that the annual fall chest X-ray showed he had caught TB and he was going off on a scholarship for medical students who caught TB to a TB place in the Adirondacks.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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