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How to pronounce Quinnehtukqut?

Pronunciation of Quinnehtukqut in the US

The American pronunciation of Quinnehtukqut, specifically in Groton, Connecticut, USA, is

QUIN ti kut. I learned from my high school History teacher. I don't know if he was correct,but, when you are in school you assume your teacher is correct.

"This name was the name the Algonquins gave the Connecticut area because of the tides of the Thames River, which they migrated to from the Hudson river area in New York. The Pequot Indians Migrated up the Thames river as well. As history has it, The end of the Thames River was where Chief Uncas Made his famous leap, thus the name later given to the falls was Indian Leap."

Type of Name: Thames River From The Mouth Of The Atlantic Ocean
Origin: Mohican/Algonquin Indian
Other spelling(s): Quonehtacut
Meaning: Long Tidal River

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Pronunciation of Quinnehtukqut in the US

The American pronunciation of Quinnehtukqut, specifically in Groton, Connecticut, USA, is

QUIN ti kut

"This name was the name the Algonquins gave the Connecticut area because of the tides of the Thames River, which they migrated to from the Hudson river area in New York. The Pequot Indians Migrated up the Thames river as well. As history has it, The end of the Thames River was where Chief Uncas Made his famous leap, thus the name later given to the falls was Indian Leap."

Type of Name: Thames River From The Mouth Of The Atlantic Ocean
Origin: Mohican/Algonquin Indian
Other spelling(s): Quonehtacut
Meaning: Long Tidal River

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Pronunciation of Quinnehtukqut

Here is how Quinnehtukqut is pronounced

Quin ne te kut

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