Associations to the word «Powhatan»

Wiktionary

POWHATAN, noun. A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.
POWHATAN, proper noun. Their eastern Algonquian language.

Dictionary definition

POWHATAN, noun. Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618).
POWHATAN, noun. A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia.
POWHATAN, noun. The Algonquian language of the Powhatan.

Wise words

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