Poughkeepsie
English
Etymology
From a word in Wappinger Munsee, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing (“the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈkɪpsi/
- Rhymes: -ɪpsi
Proper noun
Poughkeepsie
- A city, the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States.
References
- Paul Joffe (2008) Where'e Poughkeepsie? Finding The Lost Spring
- “Poughkeepsie”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012