Show not known how podunk acquired odd meaning podunk Is a derisive name for any small out of themay country town or village says an article in pathfinder magazine no such post office Is list ed in the united states postal guide and it Is not known how the name nc ac quiren its odd meaning As early ai 1877 john R bartlett defined podunk as a term applied to an imaginary place in burlesk writing or speaking the name Is of indian origin the podunk indians were a small gaall tribe who lived in south windsor rl artford ford county conn and podunk their village was at the mouth of the small stream which still bears the name podunk at t the be close of king phillips war in 1076 the Po dunks also known RS as the windsor indians disappeared with the hostile warriors and never returned there Is a podunk pond in north brookfield worcester county maas and a local historian gives the indian meaning of the name as place of 0 burning 1 it seems more probable that podunk Is identical with a place name on long island which tg Is probably derived from atuk abke 1 word meaning a neck an Algon quinlan or corner ot of land |