Pamunkey
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A reservation in Virginia where the Pamunkey people live
- proper noun
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Reserva Pamunkey
- The Pamunkey Indian Reservation is one of the oldest reservations in the United States.
Examples
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The Pamunkey people have lived on the Pamunkey Reservation in Virginia for centuries.
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Longstreet's men were heading east on the Pamunkey Road.
Fiction book (1992) -
Visitors often come to learn about the culture of the Pamunkey at their reservation.
Surface Forms
Pamunkey main
Etymology
Pamunkey as the name of the Reservation comes from the same Native word for the people and the river. So the land is named after the Pamunkey people and their long history in that area.