Androscoggin: River in Maine and New Hampshire, and county in Maine. As a compliment to Sir Edmund Andros, name was changed from the Indian name first given to the river, from the tribe Amasagunticook that lived on its banks, and variously spelled from pronunciations, Ammoncongan, Ammoscoggin, Amariscoggen. The authorities give the meaning "a fishing place for alewives," or "fish spearing."