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Narragansett

[ nar-uh-gan-sit ]

noun

, plural Nar·ra·gan·setts, (especially collectively) Nar·ra·gan·sett.
  1. a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.
  2. an Algonquian language, the language of the Narragansett Indians.
  3. a town in S Rhode Island: includes a resort Narragansett Pier.


Narragansett

/ ˌnærəˈɡænsɪt /

noun

  1. -sett-setts a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Rhode Island
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Try $10 barbecue plates and $10 all-you-can-drink Narragansett specials.

I headed to Narragansett, a stunning town that looks like it belongs in the 19th century.

And “Visiting”—about a father-son road trip to Narragansett, R.I.—is a prickly minuet of paternal longing.

The term adjacent islands would have included Acquidneck and the other islands of Narragansett Bay.

Scarcely had the war ceased when Connecticut as we have already seen renewed her claim to Narragansett.

Full power of protection was conferred upon a court of justices to be held in Narragansett.

Connecticut could not renounce her last hope of securing a part of Narragansett Bay.

The money was to be raised by the sale of ten thousand acres of lands in Narragansett at the rate of a shilling an acre.

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