About: Kiskiack

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Kiskiack (or Chisiack or Chiskiack) was a Native American tribal group of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is present-day York County, Virginia. The name means "Wide Land" or "Bread Place" in the native language, one of the Virginia Algonquian languages. It was also the name of their village on the Virginia Peninsula. Later English colonists adopted the name for their own village in that area. The site was later developed for the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in York County. The settlement was 11 miles (18 km) from Werowocomoco, capital of the Powhatan Confederacy.

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  • Kiskiack (or Chisiack or Chiskiack) was a Native American tribal group of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is present-day York County, Virginia. The name means "Wide Land" or "Bread Place" in the native language, one of the Virginia Algonquian languages. It was also the name of their village on the Virginia Peninsula. Later English colonists adopted the name for their own village in that area. The site was later developed for the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in York County. The settlement was 11 miles (18 km) from Werowocomoco, capital of the Powhatan Confederacy. (en)
  • I Kiskiack (o Chisiack o ancora Chiskiack) erano un gruppo di nativi americani della confederazione Powhatan. Il nome significa "terra ampia" o "luogo del pane" nel linguaggio nativo, che fa parte dei linguaggi algonchini. Esso era anche il nome del loro villaggio sito nella penisola della Virginia, nei pressi dell'attuale Naval Weapons Station Yorktown nella Contea di York. L'insediamento era a circa 17 chilometri dalla capitale della confederazione, Werowocomoco. (it)
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  • Kiskiack (en)
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  • Pamunkey, Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Rappahannock, and other Powhatan Algonquian peoples (en)
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  • Kiskiack (or Chisiack or Chiskiack) was a Native American tribal group of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is present-day York County, Virginia. The name means "Wide Land" or "Bread Place" in the native language, one of the Virginia Algonquian languages. It was also the name of their village on the Virginia Peninsula. Later English colonists adopted the name for their own village in that area. The site was later developed for the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in York County. The settlement was 11 miles (18 km) from Werowocomoco, capital of the Powhatan Confederacy. (en)
  • I Kiskiack (o Chisiack o ancora Chiskiack) erano un gruppo di nativi americani della confederazione Powhatan. Il nome significa "terra ampia" o "luogo del pane" nel linguaggio nativo, che fa parte dei linguaggi algonchini. Esso era anche il nome del loro villaggio sito nella penisola della Virginia, nei pressi dell'attuale Naval Weapons Station Yorktown nella Contea di York. L'insediamento era a circa 17 chilometri dalla capitale della confederazione, Werowocomoco. (it)
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