The Moordener Kill
is a
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to the
Hudson River
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that flows through southwestern
Rensselaer County, New York
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, in the
United States
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.
''Moordener Kill'' translates to "Murderer Creek", with ''moordenaar'' being the modern Dutch word for "murderer" and ''
kill
Kill often refers to:
*Homicide, one human killing another
*cause death, to kill a living organism, to cause its death
Kill may also refer to:
Media
*'' Kill!'', a 1968 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto
* ''Kill'' (Cannibal Corpse album), 2006
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'' for "creek".
The name comes from the creek having been the site of an
ambush
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of Dutch settlers by Native Americans in 1643 in which seven men and two women were killed.
See also
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List of rivers of New York
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By drainage basin
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Long I ...
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Kieft's War
Kieft's War (1643–1645), also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between the colonial province of New Netherland and the Wappinger and Lenape Indians in what is now New York and New Jersey. It is named for Director-General of New Ne ...
References
Tributaries of the Hudson River
Rivers of New York (state)
Rivers of Rensselaer County, New York
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