Conestoga
nounUK /ˌkɒnəˈstəʊɡə/ · US /ˌkɑnəˈstoʊɡə/
Etymology 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.
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Historical Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Historical A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania.
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Historical Ellipsis of Conestoga wagon.
- Conestoga axles creaked under their loads as the barrels of molasses and bacon and meal rattled in the wagon beds.2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 32: