# Monongahela

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə/ · frequency rank #58,864

## Definitions
1. An Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley.

## Etymology
From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/monongahela