Chappaquiddick Island

English

Etymology

From Massachusett cheppiaquidne[1] (or tchepi-aquidenet)[2] “separate island”, plus English island.

Proper noun

Chappaquiddick Island

  2. An island of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, east of Martha's Vineyard.

References

  1. ^ US Department of Interior (24 February 1974) “Feature Detail Report for: Chappaquiddick Island”, in Geographic Names Information System‎[1], retrieved 9 May 2018: “From an Indian word "cheppiaquidne" meaning "separated island"”
  2. ^ “The People of the First Light”, in Chappaquiddick Wampanoag‎[2], 2009, archived from the original on 4 March 2016: “CHAPPAQUIDDICK is derived from the Wampanoag phrase "tchepi-aquidenet" which means "place of separate island".”
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