Mamaroneck

Meaning

Proper Noun

A town located on the Long Island Sound in Westchester County, New York, on land purchased from Native Americans in 1661.

Origin

From an Algonquian name. Nora Thompson Dean suggested Unami mehëmalunèk; Whritenour suggested the more plausible Munsee maamaalahneek, from maamaaleew.

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