Schaghticoke

English

Alternative forms

• (tribe): Scaticook, Scatacook, Pachgatgoch; (uncommon:) Pishgachtigok, Scachtacook, Scanticook, Schaacticook
• (town in New York): Patchgatgoch
• (language): Scaticook, Pishgachtigok

Etymology

A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (town, tribe) /ˈskætɨkoʊk/, (tribe) /ˈskætɨkʊk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪkəʊk, -ætɪkʊk

Proper noun

Schaghticoke

1. An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
2. The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
3. A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
4. A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Derived terms

• Schaghticoke Hill, East Schaghticoke (nearby communities)

Noun

Schaghticoke (plural Schaghticokes)

1. A member of this tribe.