Tidal

Driving around the Hudson Valley for the day, I realized that I didn’t know the etymology of the name “Connecticut”.

Apparently, it’s from the Mohican (Algonquian)  word “quinnitukqut” which means “at the long tidal river” (from *kwen- “long” + *-ehtekw “tidal river” + *-enk “place.”)

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