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Synonyms for powhatan

Noun

1. Powhatan, Wahunsonacock, Indian chief, Indian chieftain, Algonquian, Algonquin
usage: Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)
2. Powhatan, Algonquian, Algonquin
usage: a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia
3. Powhatan, Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
usage: the Algonquian language of the Powhatan people
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