Tenakill Creek (variant of Teaneck Creek) or Lenape origin

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Tenakill Creek, also known as Teaneck Creek, is a historically significant waterway in northeastern New Jersey whose name is believed to derive from the Lenape language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
stream
stream
waterway
associatedWithEthnicGroup Lenape
Lenape
country United States of America
flowsThrough Teaneck, New Jersey
hasAlternativeSpelling Tenakil Creek
hasCulturalSignificance Lenape
surface form: Lenape people
hasHistoricalUse local boundary marker
resource for early inhabitants
hasHydrologicalType tributary
tributary
hasVariantName Teaneck Creek
historicalSignificance development of Teaneck, New Jersey
early settlement in northeastern New Jersey
languageOfName Lenape
Lenape
locatedIn New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

Teaneck, New Jersey
northeastern New Jersey
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County, New Jersey
locatedOnContinent North America
North America
nameEtymology Munsee language
surface form: Lenape language

Munsee language
surface form: Lenape language
partOf Hackensack River watershed
Hackensack River watershed
region northeastern New Jersey
northeastern New Jersey

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Teaneck, New Jersey namedAfter Tenakill Creek (variant of Teaneck Creek) or Lenape origin