Catskill

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”).

Proper noun

Catskill

  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.

Adjective

Catskill (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Catskill Mountains.
    • 2012, Tom Arne Midtrød, The Memory of All Ancient Customs, page 151:
      Further losses in such raids would spur Catskill people to call for revenge.
    • 2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 116:
      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.

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