Pohick
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Pohick is a toponym in Northern Virginia
derived from the Algonquian
(Pohick language) word for the "water place." It can refer to:
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...
derived from the Algonquian
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Native American languages which includes most of the languages in the Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically similar Algonquin dialect of the Ojibwe language, which is a...
(Pohick language) word for the "water place." It can refer to:
- Pohick (tribe), historical Algonquian-speaking tribe, part of Powhatan Confederacy
- Pohick language, part of Algonquian family
- Pohick Bay
- Pohick ChurchPohick ChurchPohick Church is an Episcopal church in the community of Pohick near Lorton in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.-History:Originally founded around 1695 as Occoquan Church, in the Anglican Truro Parish of Virginia, it was later renamed Pohick Church in 1732 after relocating near Pohick Creek,...
- Pohick CreekPohick CreekPohick Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It takes its name from the Pohick Native American tribe once prevalent in the area....
- Pohick Road
- Pohick, VirginiaPohick, VirginiaPohick is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. Pohick is centered between the intersections of Rolling and Telegraph Roads with Richmond Highway . It is adjacent to the communities of Lorton and Newington. Pohick takes its name from Pohick Church which in turn is named for...