Piccaninny
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Piccaninny, with variant spellings Pickaninny, Piccaninnie, Picaninny and Pickaninnie, may refer to:
  • Pickaninny
    Pickaninny
    Pickaninny is a term in English which refers to children of black descent or a racial caricature thereof. It is a pidgin word form, which may be derived from the Portuguese pequenino . In the Creole English of Surinam the word for a child is pikin ningre...

    , term used for black children
  • Piccaninny crater
    Piccaninny crater
    Piccaninny "crater" refers to an impact structure, the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in northern Western Australia. It was named after Piccaninny Creek and lies within the Purnululu National Park....

    , impact structure in Western Australia
  • Piccaninny Plains Sanctuary
    Piccaninny Plains Sanctuary
    Piccaninny Plains Sanctuary is a 1700 km² nature reserve on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia. A former cattle station adjacent to Mungkan Kandju National Park, it is managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy...

    , nature reserve in Queensland, Australia
  • Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
    Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
    Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park is a 543 ha protected area in south-eastern South Australia. It adjoins Discovery Bay on South Australia’s Limestone Coast and conserves a wetland fed by freshwater springs in a karst landscape. It is well known as a site for cave diving and snorkeling. It is...

    , South Australia
  • The Piccaninny, mountain in the Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia
  • The tribe of Native Americans in the children's novel Peter and Wendy
    Peter and Wendy
    Peter and Wendy, published in 1911, is the novelisation by J. M. Barrie of his most famous play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up...

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