The Origin of the Name Manhattan : With Historical And Ethnological Notes
The Origin of the Name Manhattan : With Historical And Ethnological Notes
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Wheeler's Etymologi- cal Vocabulary of Modern Geograph- ical Names, contributed to Web- ster's Unabridged Dictionary for 1864, and editions following, has " Manhattan (Ind. Munnohatan) * the The Origin of the Name Manhattan, 39 town on the island.' " At one time I regarded this as one of the best etymologies so far suggested, espe- cially as the early records, as quoted by Judge Benson, to which reference has been made, spoke of the " town of the Manhattans," etc., but an earlier form of the wo...rd lately dis- covered has convinced me that this etymology, as far as its terminal atan is concerned, is a mistake like the others.
A writer in the Historical Maga- zine for 1866 (vol. i. p. 89) suggests that : " the name was a generic term designating not only the occupants of the island now called Manhattan, but of Long Island, and the main- 40 The Origin of the Name Manhattan.
land north of Manhattan. The term Manhattan indicates this, being ap- parently from Menohhunnety which in Eliot's Bible is given as the equiv- alent of islands, or as applied to the people, • the people of the islands/ " This meaning of the name has been frequently quoted by other writers, and while the island part is correct, the application to the neighboring country is too extended to be accept- able.
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Wheeler's Etymologi- cal Vocabulary of Modern Geograph- ical Names, contributed to Web- ster's Unabridged Dictionary for 1864, and editions following, has " Manhattan (Ind. Munnohatan) * the The Origin of the Name Manhattan, 39 town on the island.' " At one time I regarded this as one of the best etymologies so far suggested, espe- cially as the early records, as quoted by Judge Benson, to which reference has been made, spoke of the " town of the Manhattans," etc., but an earlier form of the wo...rd lately dis- covered has convinced me that this etymology, as far as its terminal atan is concerned, is a mistake like the others.
A writer in the Historical Maga- zine for 1866 (vol. i. p. 89) suggests that : " the name was a generic term designating not only the occupants of the island now called Manhattan, but of Long Island, and the main- 40 The Origin of the Name Manhattan.
land north of Manhattan. The term Manhattan indicates this, being ap- parently from Menohhunnety which in Eliot's Bible is given as the equiv- alent of islands, or as applied to the people, • the people of the islands/ " This meaning of the name has been frequently quoted by other writers, and while the island part is correct, the application to the neighboring country is too extended to be accept- able.
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