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chinquapin

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/Part of speech nounSorted achiinnpquStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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  1. small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut

Word origin

Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).

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