Conestogaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌkɒnəˈstəʊɡə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌkɑnəˈstoʊɡə/
• 韻: -əʊɡə

固有名詞

Conestoga

1. A river in Pennsylvania, United States.

派生語

名詞

Conestoga (plural Conestogas or Conestoga)

1. (now historical) Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland. [from 17th c.]
2. (now historical) A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania. [from 19th c.]
3. (now historical) Ellipsis of Conestoga wagon. [from 20th c.]
   • 2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 32:

     Conestoga axles creaked under their loads as the barrels of molasses and bacon and meal rattled in the wagon beds.

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