Narragansett
[ nar-uh-gan-sit ]
/ ˌnær əˈgæn sɪt /
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noun, plural Nar·ra·gan·setts, (especially collectively) Nar·ra·gan·sett.
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.
an Algonquian language, the language of the Narragansett Indians.
a town in S Rhode Island: includes a resort (Narragansett Pier ).
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Narragansett
/ (ˌnærəˈɡænsɪt) /
noun
-sett or -setts a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Rhode Island
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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