Croton

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A river in southern New York.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of Croton-on-Hudson: a village in southern New York, United States, located along the Croton and Hudson rivers.

  3. 3.

    The water supply of New York City.

    过时
  4. 1.

    Crotone

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词源

The river takes its name from the (Mohegan-Pequot) name of the chief of the group which lived along it. (It was formerly named after the group itself, the Kitchawan subdivision of the Mohegan.) The river feeds the Croton Reservoir in Croton-on-Hudson, which feeds the Croton Aqueduct, which supplies water to New York City, hence the metonymic sense. Early spellings of the name include Scroton.

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