kiskiackとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Kiskiack (or Chisiack or Chiskiack) was a Native American tribal group of the Powhatan Confederacy. The name means "Wide Land" or "Bread Place" in the native language, one of the Virginia Algonquian languages. It was also the name of their village on the Virginia Peninsula. Later English colonists adopted the name for their own village in that area. The site is now occupied by the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in York County, Virginia. The settlement was 11 miles (18 km) from Werowocomoco, capital of the Powhatan Confederacy.