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Nantucket
[Nantucket 词源字典]
island off Massachusetts, early forms include
Natocke
,
Nantican
,
Nautican
; from an obscure southern New England Algonquian word, perhaps meaning "in the middle of waters." Related:
Nantucketer
.
[Nantucket etymology, Nantucket origin, 英语词源]