Pocahontas

American  

[poh-kuh-hon-tuhs] / ˌpoʊ kəˈhɒn təs /

noun

1. Rebecca Rolfe, 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.

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Pocahontas British  

/ ˌpɒkəˈhɒntəs /

noun

1. original name Matoaka; married name Rebecca Rolfe. ?1595–1617, American Indian, who allegedly saved the colonist Captain John Smith from being killed

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Pocahontas Cultural  

1. A Native American princess of the seventeenth century who befriended Captain John Smith of Virginia. She is said to have thrown herself upon him to prevent his execution by her father, Powhatan. She later married one of the Virginian settlers and traveled to England with him.

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Pocahontas

“I grow these peanuts,” said Baltz, who runs a 4,000-acre peanut, rice, soy and corn farm in Pocahontas, Ark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Pocahontas Fuel bought 1,000 acres and built a mine and mine camp that was a quintessential paternal company town.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024

In her 2012 autobiography, Can’t Is Not an Option, Haley tells the story of how, as a kindergartner in her rural South Carolina elementary school, she was cast as Pocahontas in the Thanksgiving play.

From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2024

Another facility of about 47,500 turkeys in neighboring Pocahontas County was confirmed Monday.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

On top of my bed was a new bed-in-a-bag, with Pocahontas sheets, pillowcase, and coverlet.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter