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Conanicut Island

Conanicut Island proper noun: an island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the populated part of Jamestown.

Proper noun

Conanicut Island

  1. An island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the populated part of Jamestown.

Origin of Conanicut Island

From Narragansett, said to be named after chief Canonicus. The name Canonicus is in turn a Latinization of Qunnouone, which has been said to be from *qunni (“long, tall”). The ending -ut indicates the locative. Some sources directly translate Conanicut as "long place".

Questions about Conanicut Island

What does Conanicut Island mean?
Conanicut Island means an island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the populated part of Jamestown.
What part of speech is Conanicut Island?
Conanicut Island is a proper noun.

Words near Conanicut Island in the dictionary

  1. Conan
  2. Conan Doylean
  3. Conan Doylish
  4. Conan the Bacterium
  5. Conan-Doylish
  6. Conanicut Island
  7. conanine
  8. Conant
  9. conantokin
  10. conantokins
  11. Conants

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