Hyannis

English

Etymology

Named after the sachem Hianna (Iyannough), from Massachusett [Term?].[1]

Proper noun

Hyannis

  1. A village in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
  2. A village, the county seat of Grant County, Nebraska, named after Hyannis, Massachusetts.

References
  1. Henry Gannett (1905) The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, second edition, Washington: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 164
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