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

A member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe in Delaware, she drove about 90 miles to attend a Native American powwow at the University of Maryland in College Park.

From Washington Post

“Those dances are prayers for people,” explains museum coordinator Sterling Street, who is Nanticoke.

From Washington Post

The creek, along with the Nanticoke River it feeds, is believed to be Maryland’s only sturgeon breeding ground.

From Washington Post

As they journeyed through the region, their travels brought them face to face with the people who had lived there for millennia – the Lenni Lenape, the father tribe of the Lenape and Nanticoke Indians.

From Washington Times