Tenakill Creek (variant of Teaneck Creek) or Lenape origin

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Tenakill Creek, also known as Teaneck Creek, is a historically significant waterway in northeastern New Jersey whose name is believed to derive from the Lenape language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
stream ⓘ
stream ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Lenape ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
flowsThrough Teaneck, New Jersey ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Tenakil Creek ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance Lenape people ⓘ
linked to: Lenape
hasHistoricalUse local boundary marker ⓘ
resource for early inhabitants ⓘ
hasHydrologicalType tributary ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
hasVariantName Teaneck Creek ⓘ
historicalSignificance development of Teaneck, New Jersey ⓘ
early settlement in northeastern New Jersey ⓘ
languageOfName Lenape ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
Teaneck, New Jersey ⓘ
northeastern New Jersey ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ
Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
nameEtymology Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language

Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
partOf Hackensack River watershed ⓘ
Hackensack River watershed ⓘ
region northeastern New Jersey ⓘ
northeastern New Jersey ⓘ

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Teaneck, New Jersey → namedAfter → Tenakill Creek (variant of Teaneck Creek) or Lenape origin ⓘ