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poquosin
Algonquian (Virginia/Carolina) · pre-1700s
"a swamp or marsh"
referred to a marshy or swampy wetland area
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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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