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The Podunk were a Native American people who spoke an Algonquian Quiripi language and lived primarily in what is now known as Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. English colonists adopted use of a Nipmuc dialect word for the territory of this people. The Podunk are likely the Hoccanum people. [2]
It denoted both the Podunk people and marshy locations, particularly the people's winter village site on the border of present-day East Hartford and South Windsor, Connecticut. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Podunk was first defined in an American national dictionary in 1934, as an imaginary small town considered typical of placid dullness and lack of ...
Podunk is a term used in the United States to represent an insignificant place. Podunk may also refer to: Podunk people , an Algonquian-language, Eastern Woodlands group of Native Americans
Hockanum: (Podunk) "hook" Shared with the Hockanum River. Massapeag: (Mohegan) "place at the large cove" Mohegan: named after the Mohegan people. Mianus River (and town): (Paugussett) a 17th-century chief's name – "Mianu/Mayanno's" Moodus): (Wangunk) from "mache moodus" or "bad noises" [4] Shared with the Moodus River and Moodus Reservoir.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Hung Cao again failed to address critical questions about spending by the Unleash America super PAC when asked by a conservative talk show host on Tuesday, May 21.
Location of the Schaghticoke Reservation. The Schaghticoke (/ ˈ s k æ t ɪ k oʊ k / SKAT-i-kohk or / ˈ s k æ t ɪ k ʊ k / SKAT-i-kuuk) are a Native American tribe of the Eastern Woodlands who historically consisted of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, Podunk, and their descendants, peoples indigenous to what is now New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
The HGTV stars address the biggest misconceptions that people have of their hometown. Ben and Erin Napier say they have to 'work extra hard to combat the stereotypes' that small-town America is ...
The unidentified lucky ticketholder can choose between the $1.22 billion jackpot paid out in installments over 29 years or take the one-time lump sum estimated at $549.7 million.