Mashpee

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Mashpee

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An anglicization of the Massachusett words mass ("great") + nippe ("water"), synthesized as "great pond".

proper noun

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

noun Mashpees · Mashpee

A member of a Native American people, a subgroup of the Wampanoag people.
Similar: Cummaquid, Mattachiest

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"Mashpee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mashpee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Mashpee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mashpee

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"Mashpee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mashpee.

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@misc{mashpee_2026,
  title = {Mashpee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mashpee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}