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): /ˈskætɨkoʊk/ (town, tribe); IPA(key): /ˈskætɨkʊk/ (tribe)
Proper noun
Schaghticoke
- 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.
- The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
- A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
- 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)
- A member of this tribe.