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Pow·ha·tan 
[pou-uh-tan, -hat-n] Pronunciation Key
[pou-uh-tan, -hat-n] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -tans, (especially collectively) -tan for 1.
) -tan for 1. | 1. | a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy. |
| 2. | the Eastern Algonquian language spoken by the Powhatan people. |
| 3. | c1550–1618, North American Indian chief in Virginia, father of Pocahontas and founder of the Powhatan Confederacy. |
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| Pow·ha·tan 1
(pou'ə-tān', pou-hāt'n) Pronunciation Key
Algonquian leader who founded the Powhatan confederacy and maintained peaceful relations with English colonists after the marriage of his daughter Pocahontas to John Rolfe (1614). |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| Pow·ha·tan 2
(pou'ə-tān', pou-hāt'n) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Powhatan or Pow·ha·tans
[After Powhatan.] |
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| powhatan | |
noun | |
| 1. | Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618) |
| 2. | a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia |
| 3. | the Algonquian language of the Powhatan |
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Powhatan Point, OH (village, FIPS 64542) Location: 39.86115 N, 80.80942 W
Population (1990): 1807 (821 housing units)
Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43942
Powhatan County, VA (county, FIPS 145) Location: 37.54606 N, 77.91636 W
Population (1990): 15328 (4910 housing units)
Area: 676.8 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)
Powhatan, AR (town, FIPS 57050) Location: 36.08194 N, 91.11892 W
Population (1990): 51 (21 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72458
Powhatan, VA Zip code(s): 23139
Powhatan, LA (village, FIPS 62245) Location: 31.87413 N, 93.20333 W
Population (1990): 147 (74 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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