Chappaquiddick Island

English

Etymology

From Massachusett cheppiaquidne[1] (or tchepi-aquidenet)[2] “separate island”, plus English island.

Proper noun

Chappaquiddick Island

  1. An island in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, east of Martha's Vineyard.

References
  1. US Department of Interior (1974 February 24) “Feature Detail Report for: Chappaquiddick Island”, in Geographic Names Information System‎, retrieved May 9, 2018: “From an Indian word "cheppiaquidne" meaning "separated island"”
  2. “The People of the First Light”, in Chappaquiddick Wampanoag‎, 2009, archived from the original on 4 March 2016: “CHAPPAQUIDDICK is derived from the Wampanoag phrase "tchepi-aquidenet" which means "place of separate island".”
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