nanticoke

IPA: nˈæntikoʊk

Root Word: Nanticoke

A member of an indigenous American Algonquian people whose traditional homelands are in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware.
Their Algonquian language.

Examples of "nanticoke" in Sentences

The Nanticoke language has since become extinct.
The Nanticoke claim to descend originally from the Lenape.
Nanticoke population smaller in size, reaches maturity earlier.
The Nanticoke suffered after the English incursion into Maryland.
The canal ran along the river and by 1865 was built to Nanticoke.
The Nanticoke Creek flows southward from the town to the Susquehanna River.
He played in the minors through the 1949 season, then returned to Nanticoke.
The land at the head of the Nanticoke River has long been inhabited by mankind.
The most prominent tribes in the area were the Leni Lenape and Nanticoke tribes.
Nanticoke is scheduled to phase out its use of coal and switch to using biomass.