Saukiog
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Wangunk (Algonquian) meaning "dark land".[1]
Proper noun
editSaukiog
- (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.