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seawant

[see-wuhn]

sea·wan

[see-wuhn]
noun
wampum (def. 1).
Also, sea·want [see-wahnt] , sewan.


Origin:
1620–30, Americanism; < New York Dutch sewan, zeewan, zeewant, etc. < Munsee Delaware *sé·wan unstrung wampum, literally, that which is in a scattered state, derivative of se·(w)- scatter(ed)
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