bannack
|ban-nack|
/ˈbænæk/
place name derived from the Bannock people
Etymology
'bannack' originates from English usage of the tribal name 'Bannock' (the Bannock people, a Native American group), where the original word referred to that tribe.
'bannack' changed from the form 'Bannock' (the tribal name) and was adopted in the 19th century as a place name for the mining settlement, becoming the modern place name 'Bannack'.
Initially it referred to the people (the Bannock tribe); over time the form 'Bannack' came to denote the settlement and nearby features, giving the contemporary place-name meaning.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a historic mining town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States; now a largely abandoned (ghost) town preserved as Bannack State Park.
We visited bannack to see the preserved 19th-century buildings.
Synonyms
Noun 2
a geographic name in the same region — for example Bannack Creek, the stream associated with the historic mining area.
Bannack Creek flows near the old mining site.
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