A member of the Canarsee Native American people who lived in what is now Brooklyn and Queens, New York.
From Lenape (Algonquian) origins, related to place names in the New York area. Possibly from words meaning 'fenced-in place' or 'enclosed land.'
The Canarsee lived where New York City stands today—their name persists in Canarisie, Brooklyn, one of the few Native American place names New Yorkers use daily!
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