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Pocosin

2 stages from Algonquian (Virginia/Carolina) to English.

Today it means a type of freshwater wetland found on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States

Where does the word "pocosin" come from? It comes from Algonquian (Virginia/Carolina) poquosin, adopted directly into English (1700s).

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Stage 1 of 2
poquosin
Algonquian (Virginia/Carolina) · pre-1700s
"a swamp or marsh"
referred to a marshy or swampy wetland area
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Stage 2 of 2
pocosin
English · 1700s
"a freshwater evergreen shrub wetland of the southeastern coastal plain"
adopted by English colonists in the coastal Carolinas to describe the region's distinctive wetlands
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