English
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie comes from Munsee; the Munsee form is not named.
- Munseemodernform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Poughkeepsie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Munseemodernform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Poughkeepsie
Earliest quotation: 1994, Penny Singer, Bob Detmer, a Visionary Video Maker: “Back in the days when Poughkeepsie was a company…”
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Poughkeepsie