NARRAGANSETT


Meaning of NARRAGANSETT in English

[ ˌnarə'gansət ]

(also Narraganset )

■ noun ( plural same or ~s )

1》 a member of an American Indian people originally of Rhode Island.

2》 the extinct Algonquian language of the ~.

Origin

the name in ~, lit. 'people of the promontory'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.