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Winnacunnet
Winnacunnet is a word derived from one of the Algonquian languages and may mean "beautiful place in the pines". Other sources suggest a meaning of "place of pines" or "beautiful long place."
The word has been transliterated in a variety of ways. Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop used the spelling "Winicowettas". A Hampton Union article from circa 1959 mentions "Winnacunnet", "Winnicunnet", "Wenicunnett", "Winnicummet" and "Winicumet" among the variations.
Today:
- Winnecunnet Pond, also known as Lake Winnecunnet, is a pond in Norton, Massachusetts. See that article for a variety of alternate spellings.
- Winnacunnet High School is a school in Hampton, New Hampshire (a town originally known as the "Plantation of Winnacunnet").