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Definition of Nanticoke

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware.

2. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nanticoke

Nanking Nanna Nannie Nanning Nannizzia Nanny Nannygate Nano Nanophyetus salmincola Nansemond

Nansemonds Nansen Nanson Nantes Nanticoke (current term) Nantong Nantua Nantucket Nantucketer Nantucketers

Nanubae Naogaon District Naomi Naousa Naoussa NapA phosphatase Napaea Napaea dioica Napea

Literary usage of Nanticoke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Nanticoke; 1912, nd 13 pcs. Pictures include: woman with wooden mortar and pestle and man with corn sheller, Indian River, ..."

2. Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1920)
"THE Nanticoke The Nanticoke, who lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, ... The Nanticoke were encountered by Capt. John Smith and his party of colonists ..."

3. The Housing of the Unskilled Wage Earner: America's Next Problem by Edith Elmer Wood (1919)
"(11) Hauto and Nanticoke Hauto and Nanticoke are interesting as experiments in building materials. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company houses at Hauto, ..."

4. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1910)
"August 29, 1812 Nanticoke MANOR. STATEMENT, ETC., BY LUTHER MARTIN, ESQ. [From the Executive Archives.] Under the different Acts of the State of Maryland ..."

5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1887)
"In thousands of cases the family was no larger than it often is with us. WM BEAUCHAMP. ON CERTAIN SUPPOSED Nanticoke WORDS, SHOWN TO BE OF AFRICAN ORIGIN. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1887)
"THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS OF THE Nanticoke DISASTER. ... The Nanticoke disaster resulted from a " cave-in " in the roof of a portion of the Ross coal-bed ..."

7. The Geology of the Susquehanna River Regíon in the Six Counties of Wyoming by Israel Charles White (1883)
"... Nanticoke to the western margin of the township. The Pocono conglomerates make a bold outcrop along the line between this area and Jackson township, ..."

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