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Hatteras

/ˈhætəɹəs/

Hatteras proper noun: a former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA. Also the abbreviation of Cape Hatteras.

Proper noun

Hatteras

  1. A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
  2. A barrier island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States.
    • I encountered that nagging worry everywhere on Hatteras. "Sometimes I feel like the whole island is closing in on me," Buxton high-school shop teacher Elvin Hooper told me.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, pages 496-498
  3. An unincorporated village in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.

Also used as

Hatteras is also the abbreviation of Cape Hatteras.

Synonyms of Hatteras

Forms of Hatteras

alternative formHatorask

Origin of Hatteras

Uncertain, but probably from the local Algonquian language of the Hatteras Indians.

Words formed from Hatteras

Phrases with Hatteras

Questions about Hatteras

What does Hatteras mean?
Hatteras means a former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
What part of speech is Hatteras?
Hatteras is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hatteras?
Hatteras is pronounced /ˈhætəɹəs/.

Words near Hatteras in the dictionary

  1. Hattem
  2. Hattemer
  3. Hatten
  4. Hattendorf
  5. hatter
  6. Hatteras
  7. Hatteras Island
  8. hattered
  9. hatteria
  10. hatterias
  11. hatteries

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