Trumbull's Wanungatuck

Possibly at or near Trumbull's Wanungatuck.

From:

Trumbull, J. Hammond. Indian Names of Places Etc., In and On The Borders Of Connecticut: With Interpretations Of Some Of Them, Hartford, 1881. Web.

In his Composition of Indian Geographical Names, Trumbull proposed that wanungatuck comes from the roots wonki-tuk, "bent river" from this section of the Quinebaug River, saying that the name was then applied to the brook and hill. (Composition of Indian Geographical Names, 29)

Trumbull, J. Hammond, The Composition of Indian Geographical Names, Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages, Hartford, 1870; Project Gutenberg, EBook #18279, Web.