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Catskill en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Catskill Mountains.
   • All three buildings were connected by an indoor bridge so that students never had to go outside, something that was helpful during the harsh Catskill winters. 2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 116:
   • Further losses in such raids would spur Catskill people to call for revenge. 2012, Tom Arne Midtrød, The Memory of All Ancient Customs, page 151:

Catskill en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms.

Meanings

1. Catskill Creek.
2. A town in Greene County, New York, United States.
3. A village, the county seat of Greene County, New York, located within the town.