Catskill

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kats Kill (literally “Cat('s) Creek”), from kat (“cat”) + -s- (linking morpheme) + kil (“creek, kill”); the broader Catskill region was called Landt van Kats Kill (“Land of Cat Creek”), named after the Catskill. The variants Kaatskill and Kaaterskill may be later pseudo-Dutchisms. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

Catskill

1. Catskill Creek.
2. A town in Greene County, New York, United States.
3. A village, the county seat of Greene County, New York, located within the town.

Adjective

Catskill (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Catskill Mountains.
   • 2012, Tom Arne Midtrød, The Memory of All Ancient Customs, page 151:

     Further losses in such raids would spur Catskill people to call for revenge.

   • 2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 116:

     All three buildings were connected by an indoor bridge so that students never had to go outside, something that was helpful during the harsh Catskill winters.

Anagrams

• salt lick, saltlick