Pequot
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Etymology[edit]
Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Pequot (plural Pequots or Pequot)
- A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Proper noun[edit]
Pequot
- This tribe.
- The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.