Definition of powhatan Powhatan
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What does powhatan mean?
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| powhatan - Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618) | ||
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| powhatan - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia | ||
| algonquian, algonquin family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains | ||
| powhatan - the Algonquian language of the Powhatan | ||
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powhatan
An extinct Eastern Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater Virginia.
Part of speech
🔤- powhatan, noun, singular of powhatans.
