Saukiog
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Wangunk (Algonquian) meaning "dark land".[1]
Proper noun edit
Saukiog
- (historical) The land around at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut Rivers, within present-day Hartford, Connecticut.
- (historical) The Wangunk Algonquin tribe living in the area in the 17th century.
References edit
- ^ John C. Huden (1962), Indian Place Names of New England, p. 219.