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Croatan

Croatan noun: a member of a small Native American group once living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina. Also the ellipsis of Croatan Island. Former name of Hatteras Island. Synonym of Hatteras.

Noun

Croatan (plural Croatans or Croatan)

  1. A member of a small Native American group once living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina.
    Synonyms:
    Croatoan

Proper noun

Croatan

  1. An Amerind tribe that once lived in and around Croatan Island.
    Synonyms:
    Croatoan
  2. (historical) A former village in Croatan Island, of the Croatan people of North America.
    Synonyms:
    Croatoan

Also used as

Croatan is also the ellipsis of Croatan Island. Former name of Hatteras Island. Synonym of Hatteras.

Croatan is also the ellipsis of Croatan Sound.

Synonyms of Croatan

Forms of Croatan

pluralCroatans
pluralCroatan

Words formed from Croatan

Questions about Croatan

What does Croatan mean?
Croatan means a member of a small Native American group once living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina.
What part of speech is Croatan?
Croatan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Croatan?
The plural of Croatan is Croatans.

Words near Croatan in the dictionary

  1. Croasdale
  2. Croat
  3. Croat Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
  4. Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
  5. Croat.
  6. Croatan
  7. Croatan Island
  8. Croatan Sound
  9. Croatans
  10. Croatia
  11. Croatian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Croatan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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