Mohegan
Americannoun
plural
Mohegans,plural
Mohegan-
a member of a group of Pequot Indians that broke with the Pequot and then fought against them in the Pequot War.
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an Algonquian language, the language of the Mohegan Indians.
Etymology
Origin of Mohegan
First recorded in 1700–10; self-designation of the Mohegan people; literally, “person (people) of the wolf” in Mohegan-Pequot, an extinct Algonquian language spoken in southeastern Connecticut
Example Sentences
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Two local casinos—Foxwoods and the Mohegan Sun—mass hired, and Connecticut’s manufacturing powerhouse morphed into a services economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
“After our soundcheck this evening at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Sean experienced a non-life-threatening medical emergency,” the group wrote on X. “We unfortunately have to cancel tonight’s show. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025
The move will conclude an agreement the tribe’s gambling arm, Mohegan Gaming Advisors, made with Resorts in 2012 six months after the casino’s co-owner, veteran gambling executive Dennis Gomes, died.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
By the time Buffett's "A Salty Piece of Land" tour made it to the Mohegan Sun Arena in 2005, I was no longer an only child.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2023
It would take us all day to make fifteen miles to our next stop, Father’s friends south of Mohegan.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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