Nanticoke
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Nanticoke is the name of several places in North America:
- Nanticoke in Maryland, United States
- Nanticoke in New York, United States
- Nanticoke in Pennsylvania, United States
- Nanticoke in Ontario, Canada
Nanticoke could also refer to:
- Nanticoke, an Algonquian language last spoken by Lydia Clark.
- The Nanticoke Indian Tribe, an Algonquian tribe, whose name is derived from a word meaning People of the Tidewater, originally living in what is now eastern Maryland and southern Delaware. The Nanticoke have been recognized as a tribe by the state legislature of Delaware since 1904.
- The Nanticoke River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland.
- Nanticoke Generating Station, in Haldimand, Ontario.