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Occaneechi

Occaneechi noun: a group of Native Americans who lived in the 17th century primarily on Occoneechee Island and east of the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers, near current-day Clarksville, Virginia.

Noun

Occaneechi pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A group of Native Americans who lived in the 17th century primarily on Occoneechee Island and east of the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers, near current-day Clarksville, Virginia.

Forms of Occaneechi

alternative formAkenatzy
alternative formOcconeechee

Questions about Occaneechi

What does Occaneechi mean?
Occaneechi means a group of Native Americans who lived in the 17th century primarily on Occoneechee Island and east of the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers, near current-day Clarksville, Virginia.
What part of speech is Occaneechi?
Occaneechi is a noun.

Words near Occaneechi in the dictionary

  1. Occamism
  2. Occamist
  3. Occamistic
  4. Occamists
  5. occamy
  6. Occaneechi
  7. occashun
  8. occashuns
  9. occasion
  10. occasionable
  11. occasionably

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