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Re:RE: (erielack) Re: place names (was subject matter)
- Subject: Re:RE: (erielack) Re: place names (was subject matter)
- From: "Janet & Randy Brown" <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:03:13 EDT
Y'all really ought to read the latest DIAMOND -- lots of Lackawanna name derivations and pronunciations in there.
Randy Brown
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"Lackawanna" is Native American! (doesn't it mean
> "place where the rivers meet" or "place where the river forks"?)
>
According to:
http://www.runningdeerslonghouse.com/webdoc222.htm
It means "streams that fork." Site's almost impossible to read - light green type on gray background?
SGL
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