pokelogan

[ pohk-loh-guhn ]

noun

, Northeastern U.S.

1. marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.

pokelogan

/ ˈpəʊkˌləʊɡən /

noun

1. another name for bogan 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of pokelogan¹

First recorded in 1840–50 (earlier as placename); origin uncertain; perhaps from an Algonquian language, e.g., Ojibwe pokenogun “stopping place,” or Maliseet papkeləkwan “backwater”; bogan

Word History and Origins

Origin of pokelogan¹

C19: from Ojibwa pokenogun

Example Sentences

They were particularly numerous where there was a small bay, or pokelogan, as it is called, bordered by a strip of meadow, or separated from the river by a low peninsula covered with coarse grass, wool-grass, etc., wherein they had waded back and forth and eaten the pads.

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