Narragansett
Americannoun
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Narragansetts,
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Narragansett
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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.
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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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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 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
Quahogs will traditionally start spawning in mid-June first in coves along Narragansett Bay and progress through the season.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Seabiscuit had been entered in both the Hawthorne Gold Cup in Chicago and the Narragansett Special in Rhode Island.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
The Narragansetts are Rhode Island’s only federally recognized tribe.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2016
Price per pound: $4.99 for Broad-Breasted Whites, $25 deposit required; $9.99 for heritage Red Bourbons and Narragansetts, $25 deposit required.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2016
This was friendship's sacred token Known by all the Narragansetts.
From Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut by Lewis Sprague Mills
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