Wopowag, more correctly IVepowage, given as the name of Stony Brook, town of Brookhaven, 'describes a place "At the narrows," t. e. of a brook or cove, and usually "The crossing place." (Trumbull.) So'was'set, correctly Cozvas'sctt (Moh.), the name of what is now Port Jefferson, signifies, "Near a place of small pine trees." (Trumbull.) The name was applied to what was long known as the "Drowned Meadow," but not the less a "Place of small pine trees" which was at or near the meaJdow. Wickaposset, now given as the name of Fisher's Island, appears to be from Weqna, "End of," -paug (-peauke), "Water4and," and -et, locative -- near the end of the water-land, marsh or pond. The island is on the north side of the Sound opposite Stonington, Ct., but is included in the jurisdiction of Southampton.

Hashamomuck, "being a neck of land." (Soutihold Records.) Hasihamomock or Nashayousuck. (lb.) The adjectivals Hash and Nash seem to be from Nashaitc. "Between," and -suck, "The mouth or outlet of a brook." The suffix -momiick, in the first form, may stand for -komuk, "Place" -- ^a place between. The orthographies are very uncertain.

Minnepaug, "being a little pond With trees standing by it." (Southold Records.) The name is explained in the description, "A little pond." In Southampton Records the same pond is called Monabaugs, another orthography of Minnepaug. Masspootupaug (1662), describes a boggy meadow or miry land. The substantival is Pootapaug, Mass., "A bog." The adjectival may stand for Mass, "Great," or Matt, derogative. Manowtassquott, or Manowtatassquott, is assigned to Blue Point, in Great South Bay, town of Brookhaven. The record reads : "Bounded easterly by a brook or river to tihe westward of a point called the Blue Point, known by the Indian name of Manowtatassquott." The name belongs to a place where Menhaden abounded -- Manowka-tuck-ut -- from wliich ecjctended to the point.