Lenapehoking

Lenapehoking was the name the Lenape Indians gave to the region they inhabited along the East Coast of the United States. Lenapehoking was generally the territory adjacent to the lower Delaware and Hudson river valleys, as well the territory between them. It stretched from modern-day Delaware to western Connecticut and Long Island and included parts of eastern Pennsylvania all of present day New Jersey, New York Bay, and the southern counties of New York State, including New York Harbor the five boroughs of New York City.

In the Algonquin language of the Lenape, it meant "the place where the Lenape dwell."

Lenape place names within the region included:

• Manhattan
  • Sapokanikan - habitation site and cultivated area on the Hudson River north of present day Greenwich Village
  • Nechtanc - habitation site along the East River near the present location of the Manhattan Bridge.

• Staten Island
  • Aquehonga - name for Staten Island
  • Manacknong - name for Staten Island
  • Shawkopoke - habitation site and cultivated area along Great Kills Harbor

• Brooklyn
  • Nayack or Wichquawanck - habitation in Bay Ridge near the present location of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge
  • Gowanus - habitation site along the south bank of Gowanus Creek
  • Sassian - habitation site in present Red Hook

See also

• History of New York City
• New Amsterdam

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