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Old 06-11-2014, 01:07 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by SteveA View Post
BroadHopper:

Here is the best I could find

Skungamug
From Abenaki (Algonquian), perhaps meaning 'a fish- spearing place'
Very interesting, but as I am looking deeper into this Abenaki language, I find it all sounds rather odd for a boat name. A lot of "og" and "ug" sounding words.
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