Narragansett Bay

American

noun

an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in eastern Rhode Island. 28 miles (45 kilometers) long.

Narragansett Bay British

noun

an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Rhode Island: contains several islands, including Rhode Island, Prudence Island, and Conanicut Island

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Narragansett Bay

Paddling up Narragansett Bay, a kayaker spotted a strange new development between the Quidnessett Country Club and the sea: a heaping pile of rocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In 1903, she rode in a submarine in Narragansett Bay, two years before her father became the first president to go underwater in a sub.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022

Those lands once stretched from Narragansett Bay to Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and the Atlantic beaches of Cape Cod.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

Rhode Island and Massachusetts declared states of emergency, and a special storm barrier was lowered in Narragansett Bay to protect Providence, R.I.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

From southern Maine to Narragansett Bay, the coast was empty— *Gorges may have met Tisquantum before.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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