Narraganset

Variant of Narragansett

noun

  1. pl. Narragansetts or Narragansett a member of a North American Indian people living west of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island
  2. the Algonquian language of this people, no longer in use
Also sp. Narraganset

Origin: earlier (17th c.) Nanhiggansett, Nanohigganset, etc. < a Narragansett place name of uncert. meaning

adjective

of the Narragansetts or their language or culture
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