The Meaning of Piscataqua |
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Published versions of the Word "Piscataqua"
Ralph May identified over 30 spelling variations listed in early writing. Here are the ones included in his essay:
Pascattaway
Pascataquack
Pescataway
Pascaquake
Pascattaquacke
Pischataqua
Paskatoquack
Piscataquake
Pischataq
Pischaqua
Pascataque
Passataquacke
Passataway
Piscataway
Paskataway
Piscattowa
Pescataway
Pascatoquack
Pascaquacke
From: Ralph May, "Piscataqua: The Correctness of Use and the Meaning of the Word," lithographed by the Randall Press, Portsmouth, NH, 1966, 20 pages and from his book Early Portsmouth History, CE Goopspeed & Co, Boston, 1926, Chapter 3.
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