Definitions for nanticokeˈnæn tɪˌkoʊk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Nan•ti•cokeˈnæn tɪˌkoʊk(n.)(pl.)-cokes; -coke.

  1. a member of an American Indian people who lived in the central Delmarva Peninsula in the 17th century.

    Category: Peoples

  2. the extinct Eastern Algonquian language of the Nanticokes.

    Category: Peoples

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Nanticoke(noun)

    a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware

  2. Nanticoke(noun)

    the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy


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