Home › Words › N › nianticnianticniantic · name — A census-designated place and village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Mohegan-Pequot Nehântick.nameA census-designated place and village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.A village and township in Macon County, Illinois.nounA member of a tribe of New England Native Americans who lived in Connecticut and Rhode Island during the early colonial period.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).