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Schenectady definition

Sche·nec·tady (skə nek′tə dē)

city in E N.Y., on the Mohawk River: pop. 62,000

Etymology: Du Schanhectade < Mohawk skahnéhtati, Albany, lit., on the other side of the pines: the pines were between the communities; the Dutch transferred the name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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