Neshannock

Meaning

Noun

• A white-fleshed variety of potato, suitable for table use, which was popular in the 1800s.

Origin

• Named for the place in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where it was first produced. The placename means "place of two streams" in Unami: from nisha + a root meaning "stream" (compare tànkhane, wëlàhëne + the locative suffix -k.