Nipmuc

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Loup A Nippamaug, from nippe (“water”) +‎ âmag (“fishing”).

Noun

Nipmuc (plural Nipmucs or Nipmuc)

  1. Any of a people descended from the indigenous Algonquian peoples of Nippenet, corresponding to central Massachusetts and immediately adjacent portions of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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