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==Pronunciation== The name "Mahopac" is believed to be an indigenous word meaning "Great Lake" or "Lake of the Great Serpent".{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} Long-time area residents affirm that the pronunciation "Ma-HO-pac" β consistent with other Native American named local communities such as [[Lake Mohegan, New York|Mohegan]] and [[Mohansic Park|Mohansic]] β was used by residents until the hamlet's large population expansion and demographic shift in the 1960s and '70s.<ref name=nyt2020>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/realestate/mahopac-ny-a-bedroom-community-with-an-elegant-past.html "Mahopac, N.Y.: A 'Bedroom Community' With an Elegant Past", ''New York Times'', July 1, 2020]</ref> In spite of a 3β2 vote by the Carmel Town Board<ref>Associated Press. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D8113CF933A05751C1A96E948260 "Vote Ends Old Battle Over Name of Hamlet"], ''The New York Times'', December 30, 1988. Accessed May 11, 2007.</ref> in favor of the traditional pronunciation,<ref name=pcc>"Edith wants folks to say 'Ma-Ho-Pac'", Eric Gross, ''Putnam County Courier'', May 21, 1986. Edith Marks, 80, a lifetime Mahopac resident who attended Mahopac schools, last week urged the Mahopac Board of Education to 'straighten out' the pronunciation question. βIt's 'Ma-ho-pac'," she told the school trustees. School officials quickly polled the board and Ma-ho-pac quickly won out. Mrs. Marks says people will have to be retrained on the correct pronunciation. "We'll have to teach everyone to hyphenate the name," she suggested.</ref> the modern-day first-syllable-inflected "MAY-o-pac" is used by a large number of residents today. Stressing the similar pronunciation of other Native American communities nearby, lifelong Mahopac resident and retired Putnam County legislator and assistant to the Putnam County Executive Regina Morini affirmed, "Mohegan, Mohansic, Mahopac. The accent is on the second syllable".<ref name=nyt2020/>
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