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Manhattan to Minisink, American Indian place names in greater New York and vicinity, Robert S. Grumet ; Munsee and Northern Unami Etymologies by Raymond Whritenour

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Manhattan to Minisink, American Indian place names in greater New York and vicinity, Robert S. Grumet ; Munsee and Northern Unami Etymologies by Raymond Whritenour
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259), and timeline
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Manhattan to Minisink
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Robert S. Grumet ; Munsee and Northern Unami Etymologies by Raymond Whritenour
Sub title
American Indian place names in greater New York and vicinity
Table Of Contents
Introduction : Munsees, Lenapes, Delawares, and greater New York ; Etymology and American Indian place names ; The influence of European colonists on place names ; What are Indian place names doing on modern regional maps? ; Problems of translation and identification ; Structure and organization -- Part 1. Colonial-era Indian place names -- Part 2. Imports, inventions, invocations, and imposters
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American Indian place names in greater New York and vicinity
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