Irondequoit

(i rän′də kwo̵it′, -kwät′)

city in NW N.Y., near Rochester: pop. 52,000

Origin: < Seneca onyiumdaondagwat, lit., a turning aside from the lake

See Irondequoit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A town of western New York on Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay. Settled in 1791, it is almost surrounded by Rochester. Population: 50,400.

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