Native American Words #3

Name the loan words deriving from indigenous languages of the Americas., including native languages from South and North America and the Caribbean.
According to infoplease.com, jstor.org and wikidedia
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Meaning
Loan word
Corn
Maize
Woman
Squaw
Sea cow
Manatee
A Social gathering
Pow wow
Baby or young child
Papoose
Deer skin or leather shoe
Moccasin
Single handed axe or hatchet
Tomahawk
Narrow boat supposed to be paddled
Canoe
Small, low, sandy island on a coral reef
Key, Cay or Caye
Marsupial, literally meaning "white beast"
Opossum
'Blanket' worn as outer garment to keep warm
Poncho
These clever & curious mammals often visit rubbish bins
Raccoon
Pumpkin and courgette are types of this vegetable-like fruit
Squash
This root vegetabe with edable tubers is originally from the Andes
Potato
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