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It is derived from the Lenape Indian name for the island meaning "island of many hills" or Manahata. A more modern Etymology also based on the Lenape language uses the the phrase Manahachtanienk for "the Island where we all became intoxicated" and is surely incorrect although it is often seen and is probably a social re-writing of Colonial History based on the injustice of the sale of the island to the Dutch for $24.00 worth of beads.

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