Saukiog

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Wangunk (Algonquian) meaning "dark land".[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Saukiog

  1. (historical) The land around at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut Rivers, within present-day Hartford, Connecticut.
  2. (historical) The Wangunk Algonquin tribe living in the area in the 17th century.

References[edit]

  1. ^ John C. Huden (1962), Indian Place Names of New England, p. 219.
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