pequot/ˈpiːˌkwɒt/pequot means this tribe.pequot is pronounced /ˈpiːˌkwɒt/.EtymologyAttested in English since the 1620s/1630s, from Narragansett Pequttôog (“people of the shoals”) (compare Abenaki pôgwa (“shallow, shoal”)).nameThis tribe.The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.nounA member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.