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PRONUNCIATION OF POWHATAN

Powhatan  [ˌpaʊhəˈtæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POWHATAN

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Powhatan is a noun.
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WHAT DOES POWHATAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Powhatan

Powhatan

The Powhatan is a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia. It may also refer to the leader of those tribes, commonly referred to as Chief Powhatan. It is estimated that there were about 14,000–21,000 Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607. They were also known as Virginia Algonquians, as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a mamanatowick named Wahunsunacawh, created a powerful organization by affiliating 30 tributary peoples, whose territory was much of eastern Virginia, called Tsenacommacah, Wahunsunacawh came to be known by the English as "Chief Powhatan". Each of the tribes within this organization had its own weroance, but all paid tribute to Chief Powhatan. After Chief Powhatan's death in 1618, hostilities with colonists escalated under the chiefdom of his brother, Opechancanough, who sought in vain to drive off the encroaching English. His large-scale attacks in 1622 and 1644 met strong reprisals by the English, resulting in the near elimination of the tribe.

Definition of Powhatan in the English dictionary

The definition of Powhatan in the dictionary is American Indian name Wahunsonacock. died 1618, American Indian chief of a confederacy of tribes; father of Pocahontas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POWHATAN


arctan
ˈɑːkˌtæn
Bataan
bəˈtæn
caftan
ˈkæfˌtæn
constantan
ˈkɒnstənˌtæn
cotan
ˈkəʊˌtæn
Hotan
ˈhəʊˈtæn
kaftan
ˈkæftæn
Kazakhstan
ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn
Kazakstan
ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn
mangostan
ˈmæŋɡəʊˌstæn
mercaptan
mɜːˈkæptæn
orang-utan
ɔːˌræŋuːˈtæn
ratan
ræˈtæn
rattan
ræˈtæn
self-tan
ˌselfˈtæn
soutane
suːˈtæn
suntan
ˈsʌnˌtæn
tan
tæn
triptan
ˈtrɪptæn
Viangchan
wiːɛŋtæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POWHATAN

Powys
pox
poxier
poxiest
poxvirus
poxy
Poyang Lake
Poynting theorem
poyou
poz
Pozsony

WORDS THAT END LIKE POWHATAN

Afghanistan
Bhutan
charlatan
cosmopolitan
Great Satan
Kalimantan
Kyrgyzstan
Manhattan
metropolitan
Mother of Satan
Pakistan
platan
Satan
sultan
Tajikistan
tarlatan
Tibetan
titan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Synonyms and antonyms of Powhatan in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Powhatan» into 25 languages

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波瓦坦
1,325 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
570 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
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Powhatan
380 millions of speakers
ar

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بووهاتن
280 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
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Powhatan
270 millions of speakers

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Powhatan,
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Powhatan
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Powhatan
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Powhatan
180 millions of speakers

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パウハタン族
130 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
85 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Powhatan
80 millions of speakers

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Powhatan,
75 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
75 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
70 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
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Powhatan
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Powhatan
40 millions of speakers

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Powhatan
30 millions of speakers
el

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Powhatan
15 millions of speakers
af

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Powhatan
14 millions of speakers
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Powhatan
10 millions of speakers
no

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Powhatan
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POWHATAN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Powhatan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POWHATAN»

Discover the use of Powhatan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Powhatan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Powhatan
This volume represents the largest vocabulary ever collected of Powhatan -- approximately 1,000 entries compiled by William Strachey around 1612.
‎2005
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Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives ...
The Powhatans were a nonliterate people, so we have had to rely until now on the white settlers for our conceptions of the Jamestown experiment. This book at last reconstructs the other side of the story."--BOOK JACKET.
Helen C. Rountree, 2006
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Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia ...
In this history, Helen C. Roundtree traces events that shaped the lives of the Powhatan Indians of Virginia, from their first encounter with English colonists, in 1607, to their present-day way of life and relationship to the state of ...
Helen C. Rountree, 1990
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Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits ...
Camilla Townsend's stunning new book differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world---not only to ...
Camilla Townsend, 2005
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Powhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in ...
Despite the prominence of Powhatan during the early colonial years, our knowledge of him and life in his realm is filtered nearly completely through the eyewitness accounts of Europeans. ¯ In Powhatan Lords of Life and Death, an incisive ...
Margaret Holmes Williamson, 2008
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Chief Powhatan and the Powhatan Indians: Friend Or Foe?
An activity book that presents information about Chief Powhatan and the Powhatan Indians.
Carole Marsh, 2002
7
The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire: Indians in ...
This book describes how the English vied with the Powhatan Indians to dominate the lands and resources in Tidewater Virginia.
James Axtell, 1995
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The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture
length” and was closed to all but Powhatan and the priests who watched over it. In that building in 1609 were Stored “skinnes, copper, pearle, and beades, which he storeth vp against the time of his death and buriall. Here also is his Store of ...
Helen C. Roundtree, 2013
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Life of the Powhatan
Discusses the history, culture, and customs of the Powhatan people and presents the story of Pocahontas.
Rebecca Sjonger, Bobbie Kalman, 2004
10
The Powhatan People
Fast Facts These facts tell how the Powhatan people lived many years ago. But the Powhatan people have changed as North America has changed. Today, the Powhatan live much like other North Americans. Many Powhatan people also ...
Kim Covert, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POWHATAN»

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... Orange, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Richmond (County & Independent City), Spotsylvania, and Sussex (the “Contest Area”). «WRIC, Jul 15»
2
The Plains home, 50 acres sold for $2.57 million
Stephen G. and Jane M. Hawley to Rubenia G. Recinos, Lot 280, Warrenton Lakes Subdivision, 6425 Powhatan Court, near Warrenton, ... «Fauquier Now, Jul 15»
3
Pocahontas Anona Council announces 2015-16 chief officers
Shown are in back (l-r) Second Scout and Trustee Debbie Hearn, Pocahontas Paula Norman, Powhatan Kathy Betts, Collector of Wampum Pat ... «Cape Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Degree of Pocahontas Anona Council appoints chiefs
Their charity program is the Alzheimer's Association . For membership information, contact Powhatan Kathy Betts 302-253-8746. Read or ... «Delmarva Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Company News for July 27
... the Henrico County-based company that owns and franchises preschool operations; WeightPack Inc., the Powhatan County-based company ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Iconography frescoes fill sanctuary at St. Cyprian in Powhatan
Conor (Seraphim) O'Keefe has been painting icon panels on the walls of St. Cyprian of Carthage Orthodox Church in America on Huguenot ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
7
Evidence of Indian tribe village uncovered at Va. Navy base
The Kiskiak Indian Tribe was once part of the powerful Powhatan chiefdom in southeastern Virginia. But the tribe disappeared from the ... «WSET, Jul 15»
8
Obscure filing and lawsuit aren't ways to change status of N.J. tribes
A bill to formally recognize the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Ramapough Lenape and the Powhatan Renape tribes of New Jersey passed the ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
9
Powhatan man involved in three car crash
POWHATAN – A Powhatan County man has been charged with reckless driving in a three-car crash that left one person dead on Monday, July ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
10
Powhatan man sentenced to more than 12 years in child porn case
A Powhatan County man who had received and distributed child pornography over the Internet was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Powhatan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/powhatan>. Apr 2024 ».
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