Nanticoke

[ nan-ti-kohk ]

noun,plural Nan·ti·cokes, (especially collectively) Nan·ti·coke for 1, 3.

a member of an Indigenous North American people who have traditionally inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
the Algonquian language of the Nanticoke.

a member of a group of people of southern Delaware with mixed white, Black, and Indigenous ancestry.

Origin of Nanticoke

First recorded in 1640–50; from Nanticoke (an Eastern Algonquian language), the name of a place once inhabited by the tribe

Nanticoke²

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

noun

This afternoon, 31st, at Nanticoke, the mob stopped all the pumps at the mines.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 | Various
But twenty years ago there was no busier mine than the Dryden from Carbondale to Nanticoke.
The Blind Brother | Homer Greene
His shape was odd and singular, beyond anything the Nanticoke had ever seen.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) | James Athearn Jones
More she would have said, but the Nanticoke caught her gently in his arms, preventing her slight screams with the kiss of love.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) | James Athearn Jones
First one contrived to put forth her little hand or foot; then a head became visible; still the Nanticoke affected to see neither.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) | James Athearn Jones

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