Wahstonhronòn꞉ke

Mohawk

Etymology

Wahstonhró꞉non (“American”) +‎ -ʼke (“locative suffix”), itself from the Mohawk word Wáhston (“Boston”), from English Boston.

Noun

Wahstonhronòn꞉ke

  1. United States (a country in North America)

References

  • Michelson, Gunther; Michelson, Karin; Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024), A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, page 349
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