by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on November 14th, 2007

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What is the name origin of the NJ town Piscataway?

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  • by patio4it (tumblr) on June 27th, 2008

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    The name Piscataway derives from its original settlers who lived near the Piscataqua River, whose name derives from Pisgeu (meaning "dark night") and awa ("Place of"), or it may come from the Lenape word meaning "Great Deer".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey

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