# Pequot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpiːˌkwɒt/ · frequency rank #95,256

## Definitions
1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.

## Etymology
Attested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).

## Source
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Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pequot