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☆ se·wan (sē′wən)

noun

shells used as money by the Algonquian Indians

Etymology: Du < unattested Delaware dial. word for unstrung wampum beads < root se·w-, to scatter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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