Ossining

Meaning

Proper Noun

• town Westchester County (county) New York (state).
• A village, within this town; the site of Sing Sing prison.

Origin

• From earlier Ossingsing, named for the nearby Sing Sing kill, borrowed from Dutch Sintsing, Sintsinck, from Munsee *ăsúnchung, *ăshúnshung, ăsún + --ush, from Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya. The prison located on the site retains the older form of the name, Sing Sing.