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Aquidneck Island

/əˈkwɪdnɪk/

Aquidneck Island proper noun: an island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport.

Proper noun

Aquidneck Island

  1. An island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport.
    Synonyms:
    Rhode Island

Synonyms of Aquidneck Island

Origin of Aquidneck Island

Borrowed from Narragansett aquidnet. Compare Proto-Algonquian *akwinteᐧwi (“in the water”), Mi'kmaq egwitg.

Questions about Aquidneck Island

What does Aquidneck Island mean?
Aquidneck Island means an island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport.
What part of speech is Aquidneck Island?
Aquidneck Island is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Aquidneck Island?
Aquidneck Island is pronounced /əˈkwɪdnɪk/.

Words near Aquidneck Island in the dictionary

  1. aquiculture
  2. aquicultures
  3. aquiculturist
  4. aquiculturists
  5. Aquidneck
  6. Aquidneck Island
  7. aquiesce
  8. aquifer
  9. aquiferous
  10. aquiferous system
  11. aquiferous systems

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