See Conestoga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "iro"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sqn",
"3": "kanahstó:ke"
},
"expansion": "Susquehannock kanahstó:ke",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "moh",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mohawk",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Conestoga",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
"orig": "en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
"parents": [
"Places",
"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Places in the United States",
"orig": "en:Places in the United States",
"parents": [
"Places",
"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Rivers in Pennsylvania, USA",
"orig": "en:Rivers in Pennsylvania, USA",
"parents": [
"Rivers",
"Places",
"Bodies of water",
"Names",
"Landforms",
"Water",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Earth",
"Liquids",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Nature",
"Matter",
"Lemmas",
"Chemistry",
"Sciences"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Rivers in the United States",
"orig": "en:Rivers in the United States",
"parents": [
"Rivers",
"Places",
"Bodies of water",
"Names",
"Landforms",
"Water",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Earth",
"Liquids",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Nature",
"Matter",
"Lemmas",
"Chemistry",
"Sciences"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "37 30 1 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 34 3 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 34 2 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Conestoga wagon"
},
{
"word": "Conestoga wain"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A river in Pennsylvania, United States."
],
"id": "en-Conestoga-en-name-0lvvMHNm",
"links": [
[
"Pennsylvania",
"Pennsylvania#English"
],
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
]
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Conestoga",
"Conestoga, Pennsylvania"
],
"word": "Conestoga"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "iro"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sqn",
"3": "kanahstó:ke"
},
"expansion": "Susquehannock kanahstó:ke",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "moh",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mohawk",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Conestogas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Conestoga",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "Conestoga"
},
"expansion": "Conestoga (plural Conestogas or Conestoga)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "37 30 1 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 34 3 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 34 2 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland."
],
"id": "en-Conestoga-en-noun-3N-zXS8d",
"links": [
[
"Susquehannock",
"Susquehannock#English"
],
[
"Pennsylvania",
"Pennsylvania"
],
[
"Maryland",
"Maryland"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now historical) Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "Susquehannock"
}
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania."
],
"id": "en-Conestoga-en-noun-jnirJ5sk",
"links": [
[
"draft horse",
"draft horse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now historical) A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Conestoga wagon"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "37 30 1 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 34 3 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 34 2 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 32:",
"text": "Conestoga axles creaked under their loads as the barrels of molasses and bacon and meal rattled in the wagon beds.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Short for Conestoga wagon."
],
"id": "en-Conestoga-en-noun-dDERYB-r",
"links": [
[
"Conestoga wagon",
"Conestoga wagon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now historical) Short for Conestoga wagon."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"historical"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Conestoga",
"Conestoga, Pennsylvania"
],
"word": "Conestoga"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English indeclinable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms derived from Iroquoian languages",
"English terms derived from Mohawk",
"English terms derived from Susquehannock",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Conestoga wagon"
},
{
"word": "Conestoga wain"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "iro"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sqn",
"3": "kanahstó:ke"
},
"expansion": "Susquehannock kanahstó:ke",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "moh",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mohawk",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Conestoga",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
"en:Places in the United States",
"en:Rivers in Pennsylvania, USA",
"en:Rivers in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"A river in Pennsylvania, United States."
],
"links": [
[
"Pennsylvania",
"Pennsylvania#English"
],
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
]
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Conestoga",
"Conestoga, Pennsylvania"
],
"word": "Conestoga"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English indeclinable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms derived from Iroquoian languages",
"English terms derived from Mohawk",
"English terms derived from Susquehannock",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "iro"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sqn",
"3": "kanahstó:ke"
},
"expansion": "Susquehannock kanahstó:ke",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "moh",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mohawk",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Conestogas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Conestoga",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "Conestoga"
},
"expansion": "Conestoga (plural Conestogas or Conestoga)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland."
],
"links": [
[
"Susquehannock",
"Susquehannock#English"
],
[
"Pennsylvania",
"Pennsylvania"
],
[
"Maryland",
"Maryland"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now historical) Synonym of Susquehannock, a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "a member of a North Iroquoian people formerly living in Pennsylvania and Maryland",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "Susquehannock"
}
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania."
],
"links": [
[
"draft horse",
"draft horse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now historical) A type of draft horse developed in Pennsylvania."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Conestoga wagon"
}
],
"categories": [
"English short forms",
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 32:",
"text": "Conestoga axles creaked under their loads as the barrels of molasses and bacon and meal rattled in the wagon beds.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Short for Conestoga wagon."
],
"links": [
[
"Conestoga wagon",
"Conestoga wagon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now historical) Short for Conestoga wagon."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"historical"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Conestoga",
"Conestoga, Pennsylvania"
],
"word": "Conestoga"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Conestoga meaning in English (4.5kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.