Nanticoke

[ nan-ti-kohk ]

/ ˈnæn tɪˌkoʊk /

a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

the Algonquian language of the Nanticoke.

a member of a group of people of southern Delaware of mixed white, black, and Indian ancestry.

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Nanticoke²

[ nan-ti-kohk or for 1, -koh ]

/ ˈnæn tɪˌkoʊk or for 1, -ˌkoʊ /

a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Erie.

a city in E Pennsylvania.

The Nanticoke vocabulary was secured in 1792 for Mr. Thomas Jefferson.
A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages|Daniel G. Brinton
He soon returned, and brought with him a variety of things to eat, which he placed on the sward, beside the Nanticoke.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)|James Athearn Jones
"Take away from my daughter the shape of a Musk-rat, and give her the shape of a Nanticoke," answered the father.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)|James Athearn Jones
But twenty years ago there was no busier mine than the Dryden from Carbondale to Nanticoke.
The Blind Brother|Homer Greene

The lovely maiden heard the words of the Nanticoke, and answered that she knew not well what she should say.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)|James Athearn Jones