Definitions for Powhatan
ˈpaʊ əˌtæn, ˈpaʊˌhæt npowhatan

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1. Powhatan, Wahunsonacocknoun

   Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)

2. Powhatannoun

   a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia

3. Powhatannoun

   the Algonquian language of the Powhatan

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1. powhatan

   The Powhatan is a Native American tribe that was historically based in modern-day Virginia in the United States. It is also the name of the chief who lead this federation of tribes. The Powhatan Confederacy, as it was known, comprised around 30 tribes, with Chief Powhatan as its leader during the time of the Jamestown settlement by the English in 1607. The Powhatan people played a significant role in American history, most notably in their interactions with the early English settlers.

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1. Powhatan

   The Powhatan is the name of a Virginia Indian confederation of tribes. It may also refer to the leader of those tribes, commonly referred to as Chief Powhatan. It is estimated that there were about 14,000–21,000 Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607. They were also known as Virginia Algonquians, as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan or Virginia Algonquin. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a mamanatowick named Wahunsunacawh, created a powerful organization by affiliating 30 tributary peoples, whose territory was much of eastern Virginia, called Tsenacommacah, Wahunsunacawh came to be known by the English as "Chief Powhatan". Each of the tribes within this organization had its own weroance, but all paid tribute to Chief Powhatan. After Chief Powhatan's death in 1618, hostilities with colonists escalated under the chiefdom of his brother, Opechancanough, who sought in vain to drive off the encroaching English. His large-scale attacks in 1622 and 1644 met strong reprisals by the English, resulting in the near elimination of the tribe. By 1646, what is called the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom by modern historians had been largely destroyed. In addition to the ongoing conflicts with the ever-expanding English settlements and their inhabitants, the Powhatan suffered a high death rate due to infectious diseases, maladies introduced to North America by the Europeans to which the Native Americans had developed no natural immunities.

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1. • Algonquian
   • Indian Chief

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Powhatan in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Powhatan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Powhatan in a Sentence

1. Alan Stern:

   The name Arrokoth reflects the inspiration of looking to the skies, and wondering about the stars and worlds beyond our own, that desire to learn is at the heart of the New Horizons mission, and were honored to join with the Powhatan community and people of Maryland in this celebration of discovery.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Powhatan