Seekonk

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  1. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
    — […] diverce tounships established and setled in severall quarters of yᵉ govermente, as Plimoth, Duxberie, Sityate, Tanton, Sandwich, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Marchfeeld, and not longe after, Seacunke (called afterward, at yᵉ desire of yᵉ inhabitants, Rehoboth) and Nawsett […]
  2. Ellipsis of Seekonk River. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — The Seekonk has always been a favorite home of the oyster, and year by year the river contributes its quota to the tongers, through a space from the Wicksbury pier to nearly 5 miles above.

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Possibly from an Algonquian term for skunk; compare Abenaki segôgw. Alternatively, from Algonquian for "black goose"; Roger Williams gives "Súcki" for "black" and "Hònck" for "goose".
The name is attested in various spellings since the 1600s, but for over a century the town was officially part of Rehoboth. The current town of Seekonk was only incorporated in 1812.
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