POKELOGAN Definition & Meaning

pokelogan

[ pohk-loh-guhn ]

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noun

Northeastern U.S.

marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.

pokelogan

/ ˈ��əʊ��ˌ��əʊɡə�� /

noun

another name for bogan 1

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pokelogan¹

First recorded in 1840–50 (earlier as placename); origin uncertain; perhaps from an Algonquian language, e.g., Ojibwe pokenogun “stopping place,” or Maliseet �貹��ə��ɲ�� “b��ɲ��ٱ��”; bogan

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pokelogan¹

C19: from Ojibwa pokenogun

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They were particularly numerous where there was a small bay, or pokelogan, as it is called, bordered by a strip of meadow, or separated from the river by a low peninsula covered with coarse grass, wool-grass, etc., wherein they had waded back and forth and eaten the pads.

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