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Nanticoke

  (năn'tĭ-kōk')

1. 1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting Delaware and eastern Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coast.
   2. A member of this people.
2. The Algonquian language of the Nanticoke.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware

Meaning #2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy people

Nanticoke is the name of several places in North America:

• Nanticoke in Maryland, United States
• Nanticoke in New York, United States
• Nanticoke in Pennsylvania, United States
• Nanticoke in Ontario, Canada

Nanticoke could also refer to:

• Nanticoke, an Algonquian language last spoken by Lydia Clark.
• The Nanticoke Indian Tribe, an Algonquian tribe, whose name is derived from a word meaning People of the Tidewater, originally living in what is now eastern Maryland and southern Delaware. The Nanticoke have been recognized as a tribe by the state legislature of Delaware since 1904.
• The Nanticoke River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland.
• Nanticoke Generating Station, in Haldimand, Ontario.

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