Pequot
English
Alternative forms
- Pequod
Etymology
Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiːˌkwɒt/
Noun
Pequot (plural Pequots or Pequot)
- A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Proper noun
Pequot
- This tribe.
- The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.