Mohawk Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Mohawk Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | West Oakland |
| Origin of name | Mohawk people |
Mohawk Way is named for the Mohawk people.[1][2][3] The Mohawks, a member of the Iroquois Six Nations, are from upper New York state and adjacent parts of Canada. Their name in English was first written as Mohowawogs in 1638, which comes from a southern New England Algonquian word for the Mohawk, cognate with an Unami word meaning "cannibal monsters." In their own language the Mohawk are called Kanyę'kehá:ka' or Kanyę'kehró:no'.[4]
References
- ↑ George Thornton Fleming. History of Pittsburgh and Environs: From prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution, vol. 1, p. 148. American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922. Google Books 7ctaAAAAYAAJ, ffQMAAAAYAAJ, S88wAQAAMAAJ, tzUafgt-eskC; HathiTrust 011262563; Historic Pittsburgh 01aee9405m; Internet Archive historypittsbur01compgoog, historypittsbur01socigoog, historypittsbur01yorkgoog. [view source] fleming-history
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "History recalled by street names: Stanwix brings to mind many important happenings in the early days of the Western Pennsylvania settlement." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 6, 1914, sec. 2, p. 8. Newspapers.com 85907599. [view source] fleming-history-recalled
- ↑ Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An address delivered before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 8. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
- ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 292. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
