Schenectady
Americannoun
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For example, Poughkeepsie was roughly “Apokeepsingk” in the Delaware language, and Schenectady came from a Native word that means approximately “over beyond the plains.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Morgan, forced a client with more inventions than profits, named Thomas Edison, to merge his electric company with a Schenectady, N.Y., lighting outfit that had more commercial momentum than star power.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
David, a social worker in Schenectady, N.Y., was concerned about his older brother’s mental state and so was his wife, Linda Patrik, a philosophy professor at Union College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
He sees in James much of what he saw in Alcindor when that bus pulled into Schenectady in 1961.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
And I became a public relations man for General Electric in Schenectady, New York, and a volunteer fireman in the village of Alplaus, where I bought my first home.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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