[Facts] Adirondax?
Would anyone here happen to know anything about the origin/history of Adirondax as a name? The most I could find on the matter was that the etymology of "Adirondack" in "Adirondack Mountains" possibly originates from Mohawk.
I know I've seen "Adirondax" intended as a first name, though I can't remember if it was an actual person's name or if it was on a name list or what, so I can't quite even say I know for sure that there would be any recorded use of it as a name. I'm sorry I know so little.
I'd really like to know of any existing cultural connotations of this name, because I've come to associate a character with it as sort of a working name for them, thinking to maybe name them after a mountain range, but when it comes to actually naming them I want to keep from appropriating anything.
I know I've seen "Adirondax" intended as a first name, though I can't remember if it was an actual person's name or if it was on a name list or what, so I can't quite even say I know for sure that there would be any recorded use of it as a name. I'm sorry I know so little.
I'd really like to know of any existing cultural connotations of this name, because I've come to associate a character with it as sort of a working name for them, thinking to maybe name them after a mountain range, but when it comes to actually naming them I want to keep from appropriating anything.
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Well, according to both Wikipedia and Visitadirondaks.com Adirondack(s) was (or comes from) a derogatory term for the Algonquin used by the Iroquois, the word is from the Mohawk and possibly means "eater of trees" or "barkeaters".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Mountains
https://visitadirondacks.com/first-time-visitors/faqs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Mountains
https://visitadirondacks.com/first-time-visitors/faqs