Satuit

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Satuit is a Native American Wampanoag word meaning "cold brook" (salt, cold stream?).[1] The town of Scituate, a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth, derived its name from this word.[2] Satuit changed name to Scituate in 1640.[3] The Wampanoag Indians inhabited the area and were referring to a brook by that name which runs into the inner harbour at what is now called Scituate.[4] Seteat was an alternative Indian spelling of Satuit.[5] Satuit Brook still flows into the head of the harbour, at the southern end of Front Street. There is a locating marker on the south side of the road.[6]

More recently Satuit has been incorporated in the name of several businesses located in the greater Boston area.

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  3. ^ Satuit Brook Street Sign, Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930. Adjacent to Bank of America, 2017
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  5. ^ Satuit Brook Street Sign, Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930. Adjacent to Bank of America, 2017
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