Narragansett
Americannoun
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a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.
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an Algonquian language, the language of the Narragansett Indians.
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a town in S Rhode Island: includes a resort Narragansett Pier.
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Rhode Island
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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Cabral’s older son will unwrap a $266 mini 3-D printer, and his younger son the $107 beach game Flyball for day trips to Narragansett, in addition to an assortment of art supplies and Pokémon cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
In Lillie’s second mystery, tensions rise between Rhode Island’s Narragansett tribe and the Founders Society’s Mayflower descendants after 300-year-old sacred remains are unearthed, then vanish from a Society campground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
This is even more true regarding the Yarmouth Stone and the Narragansett Runestone, discovered in Nova Scotia and Rhode Island in 1812 and 1984, respectively.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
“Warwick Neck is really at quite a prominent location up on a cliff overlooking Narragansett Bay,” he said.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2023
Verrazzano was one of the first Europeans the natives had seen, perhaps even the first, but the Narragansett were not intimidated.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The Narragansetts are thankful, the tribe’s medicine man and historic preservation officer John Brown III told The Boston Globe.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
His traditional enemies, the Narragansetts, held the opposite shore.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The survivors were handed over to the Mohegans and Narragansetts, the Pequots’ traditional enemies who fought with the English.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2017
If one was ruined, “It would not only be a loss to the Narragansetts, it would be a loss to the world,” said John Brown, the tribe’s historic preservation officer.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2015
Robert's brother, John Staunton, was captain of one of the Connecticut companies that had been sent out to find the Narragansetts; but Canonchet was now turned over to Captain Denison.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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