Croatan

American

[kroh-uh-tan, kroh-uh-tuhn] / ˈkroʊ ə tæn, ˈkroʊ ə tən /

noun

plural

Croatan, Croatans

Also, Croatan Indian, a member of a group of people from North Carolina and South Carolina having Indigenous, Black, and white ancestry.

Example Sentences

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Administrators viewed the harassment at Croatan High School as isolated incidents because there were many different perpetrators, records show.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Such dynamics played out in April, 2023, when a blaze in North Carolina’s Croatan National Forest jumped from 7,000 acres to 32,000 in two days and burned for 10 weeks.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

Rush’s overturned kayak was later found in the Croatan Sound.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2020

Trillium was one of the organizers of the statement, along with environmental research group Croatan Institute and the New York City comptroller, Scott Stringer.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2016

Again the fleet got in motion, approaching the entrance to Croatan Sound.

From The Drummer Boy by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

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