Definitions for conestoga
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1. covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schoonernoun

   a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century

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1. Conestoga

   Conestoga originally referred to the Conestoga people, an English name for the Susquehannock people of Pennsylvania. Places Conestogo, Ontario, a village north of Waterloo, Ontario (also spelled Conestoga) Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Conestoga Lake, Nebraska, United States Conestogo Lake, Ontario, Canada Conestoga Mall (Grand Island, Nebraska) Conestoga Mall (Waterloo, Ontario), a shopping centre in Waterloo, Ontario Conestoga Parkway, a freeway in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Conestoga River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in the state of Pennsylvania Conestogo River, a river near Waterloo, OntarioVehicles Conestoga wagon, a covered horse-drawn wagon USS Conestoga, any of the three United States Navy ships named after the wagon Conestoga (truck), a truck or truck trailer equipped with a soft roof and sides supported by a removable frame designed to protect cargo during transport similar to a closed truck while allowing by removal of the roof and sides for loading by forklift or crane, so named due to the resemblance to a Conestoga wagon. Conestoga (rocket), the world's first privately funded commercial rocket, produced from Minuteman I stages Conestoga (ship), a wrecked steamship in the Thousand Islands which is a popular Scuba diving site C-93 Conestoga, a cargo aircraft AL-60C-5 Conestoga, a variant of the Aermacchi AL.60 utility aircraftEducation Conestoga High School, a public high school in Devon-Berwyn, Pennsylvania Conestoga Middle School, a public 6-8 school in the Beaverton School District Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college located in Kitchener, Ontario, CanadaIn fiction In Star Trek, the USS Conestoga is a starship used in the failed first attempt at deep space colonization In Aliens (1986), the ship class of the spaceship USS Sulaco In the video game Outpost 2, the name of a starship presented in the gameOtherConestoga (convention), an annual literary science fiction convention held in Tulsa, Oklahoma Conestoga Church of the Brethren, a congregation related to Conrad Beissel at the Ephrata Cloister Conestoga Cigar, also known as a "stogie" Conestoga Massacre, Pennsylvania by the Paxton Boys in 1763 Conestoga Traction Company, a former American regional interurban trolley operated out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Conestoga, the company that manufactures the Big-Bang Cannon

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1. conestoga

   A Conestoga is a type of heavy, covered wagon that was primarily used for transporting goods in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States. Named after the Conestoga River area in Pennsylvania where they were originally built, these wagons are recognized by their distinct curved bottom, large wheels, and canvas covering. They played a significant role in westward expansion, particularly during the American frontier period.

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1. Conestoga

   Conestoga, Pennsylvania is a small community in and census-designated place in Conestoga Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,258 residents. Conestoga was first called Conestoga Manor by William Penn. The name came from the Conestoga Indians, a peaceful Christian tribe, whose principal village was located nearby. The Conestoga are an extinct tribe, the last being hacked to death by the Paxton Boys in 1763. The town of Conestoga was laid out by John Kendig, Harry Breneman, Edward Charles, and John Folkman in 1797. The community is located at 39°56'26"N longitude, 76°20'48"W latitude, and it is 500 feet above sea level. A post office, zip code 17516, exists. Conestoga was in the national news in 2001 when President George W. Bush held a photo opportunity at the Safe Harbor power station. Conestoga is also home to Turkey Hill Dairy. Another Conestoga, Pennsylvania exists at 40°8'32"N 75°50'7"W in neighboring Chester County, Pennsylvania. However, the community in Lancaster County is on the Susquehanna River, on the west side of Lancaster County, while Chester County lies to the east of Lancaster County.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conestoga in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conestoga in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of conestoga in a Sentence

1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

   After nearly a century of ambiguity and a profound sense of loss, the Conestoga's disappearance no longer is a mystery.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga
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4. ^ Wikidata
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5. ^ Usage in printed sources
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