Nanticoke

noun

Nan·​ti·​coke

ˈnantəˌkōk

plural Nanticoke or Nanticokes

1

a

: an American Indian people of eastern Maryland and southern Delaware

b

: a member of such people

2

: an Alonquian language of the Nanticoke and Conoy peoples

3

: one of a group of people of mixed American Indian, white, and black ancestry in southern Delaware

Word History

Etymology

Nanticoke Naitaquok, literally, tidewater people

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