Nanticoke
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Nanticoke may refer to:
Canada
- Nanticoke people in Delaware, United States
- Nanticoke languageNanticoke languageNanticoke is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken in Delaware and Maryland, United States. The same language was spoken by several neighboring tribes, including the Nanticoke, which constituted the paramount chiefdom; the Choptank, the Assateague, and probably also the Piscataway and the...
, an Algonquian language - Nanticoke Lenni-LenapeNanticoke Lenni-LenapeThe Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape People are a tribal confederation of the core families of the Nanticoke of the Delmarva Peninsula and the Lenni-Lenape of Southern New Jersey and Northern Delaware. The history of the tribe in its homeland goes back thousands of years...
, a state-recognized tribe in New Jersey
Place names
United States- Nanticoke RiverNanticoke RiverThe Nanticoke River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The river course proceeds southwest...
in Delaware and Maryland - Nanticoke HundredNanticoke HundredNanticoke Hundred is a hundred in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Nanticoke Hundred was formed in 1775 from Somerset County, Maryland.-External links:* Nanticoke Post No. 6...
, an unincorporated subdivision of Sussex County, Delaware - Nanticoke, MarylandNanticoke, MarylandNanticoke is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
, an unincorporated community - Nanticoke, New YorkNanticoke, New YorkNanticoke is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 1,790 at the 2000 census. The name is an Native American word.The Town of Nanticoke is on the western border of the county and is northwest of Binghamton.- History :...
, a town - Nanticoke, PennsylvaniaNanticoke, PennsylvaniaNanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,465 at the 2010 census.-History:The name Nanticoke was derived from Nantego, the Indian tidewater people who moved here when their Maryland lands were spoiled for hunting by the colonial settlement in...
, a city
Canada
- Nanticoke, OntarioNanticoke, OntarioNanticoke is an unincorporated community and former city located on the western border of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. It is southeast of Simcoe in neighbouring Norfolk County and south of Brantford...
- Nanticoke Generating StationNanticoke Generating StationThe Nanticoke Generating Station is the largest coal-fired power plant in North America, delivering up to 2,760 MW of power into the southern Ontario power grid from its base in Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada. Previous to unit shutdowns, its generating capacity was 3,964 MW. It is owned by...
, the largest coal-fired power plant in North America
- Nanticoke Generating Station