Nanticoke

See also: nanticoke

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Nanticoke Nentego.

Noun

Nanticoke (plural Nanticokes or Nanticoke)

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

Translations

Proper noun

Nanticoke

  1. Their Algonquian language.
  2. An unincorporated community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A river in Delaware and Maryland, United States.
    • 2012 June 11, Chris Lawrence, “Navy drone crashes in Maryland”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 2 November 2022:
      The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, the Coast Guard official said.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County Maryland, United States.
  5. A town in Broome County, New York, United States.
  6. A city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • 2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN‎[2], archived from the original on 23 May 2025:
      Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.
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