Powhatan
noun
Pow·ha·tan
ˌpau̇-ə-ˈtan 
pau̇-ˈha-tᵊn
1
plural Powhatan or Powhatans
: a member of a confederacy of Indigenous peoples of eastern Virginia
2
: the Algonquian language of the Powhatan people
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Today in history On this day in 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of the chief Powhatan, married English tobacco farmer John Rolfe.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
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Powhatan
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Pow·ha·tan
ˌpau̇-ə-ˈtan
pau̇-ˈha-tᵊn
1550?–1618 Wa-hun-sen-a-cawh or Wahunsonacock; father of Pocahontas American Indian chief
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