Piscataway
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBy naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
Noun
editPiscataway pl (plural only)
- A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editPiscataway
- The extinct Algonquian language of these people.
Etymology 2
editFrom the name of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, whence came some founders of the New Jersey settlement.
Proper noun
editPiscataway
- A township in New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.