Kitchawan

English

Alternative forms

(tribe): Kitchawonk, Kitchewan, Kitchewank, Kitchawong
(river): Kitchewan, Kitchawong, Kightawanck

Etymology

Perhaps from Munsee kíhtsiipoong (kíhtsi·po·ng), from kíhtsiipuw (kíhtsi·pəw, “big river”) +‎ -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from kíhch- (“big, very”), from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-, + síipuw (sí·pəw, “river”), from Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.[1][2]

Proper noun

Kitchawan

Former name of Croton (river in New York).
(historical) The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe.

Noun

Kitchawan (plural Kitchawan)

A member of this group.

References

Joseph Nazar, Jefferson Valley's Heritage, Indians, Antiques and Tall Tales

Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
Robert S. Grumet, Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names (2013, →ISBN

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