Poconos

Said to be from Munsee pokawachne (“creek between two hills”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊkənoʊz/

the Poconos

1. A mountain range in Pennsylvania.
   • 1991 May 5, Stewart Ain, “Bottom Falls Out Of Summer Job Market”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     "Long Island's attractions will prosper because many people now won't travel to the Poconos or the Catskills," he said.

2. A region of Pennsylvania.

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