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Metoac
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- Etymology
- Languages
- European colonization
- Displacement
- Exonyms
- State and federal recognition
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|267px|A modern map showing Long Island and most of New York City highlighted in green with locations exonyms applied to Native Americans that lived there right|267px|thumb|A modern map broadly showing language areas in the Mid-Atlantic region at the time of European contact in the 17th century
Metoac is an erroneous term used by some to group together the Munsee-speaking Lenape (west), Quiripi-speaking Unquachog (center), and Pequot-speaking Montaukett (east) American Indians on what is now Long Island in New York state. The term was invented by amateur anthropologist and US Representative Silas Wood in the mistaken belief that the various Native settlements on the island each comprised distinct tribes.