Nanticoke

¹ American  

[nan-ti-kohk] / ˈnæn tɪˌkoʊk /

noun

plural

Nanticokes,

plural

Nanticoke

1. a member of an Indigenous North American people who have traditionally inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

2. the Algonquian language of the Nanticoke.

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

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Nanticoke ² American  

[nan-ti-kohk, -koh] / ˈnæn tɪˌkoʊk, -ˌkoʊ /

noun

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

2. a city in E Pennsylvania.

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Etymology

Origin of Nanticoke

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

Example Sentences

Short said the charter change is aimed at helping economic recovery efforts in Seaford, a town of about 8,000 situated on the banks of the Nanticoke River.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

That process started with the tribal chiefs of the Delaware Lenape and Nanticoke first.

From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2022

Still, Blackwater tells of the humans who are a part of its story, from the first Native American inhabitants, including the Nanticoke people, to the Civilian Conservation Corps workers of the 1930s.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

The company’s Nanticoke winter squash is a traditional crop of the Nanticoke people, one of the southernmost groups in the Algonquin language family, historically from parts of Maryland and Delaware.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022

Brothers, I am that Nanticoke, and the beautiful maiden is she that sits by my side, and the child that rolls about on the green sod is the child of our love.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn