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Raritan

Raritan noun: a member of either of two groups of Lenape people who lived around the lower Raritan River and the Raritan Bay, in what is now northeastern New Jersey, in the 16th century.

Noun

Raritan (plural Raritans or Raritan)

  1. (historical) A member of either of two groups of Lenape people who lived around the lower Raritan River and the Raritan Bay, in what is now northeastern New Jersey, in the 16th century.

Proper noun

Raritan

  1. A river in New Jersey, United States.
  2. A village and township in Henderson County, Illinois.
  3. A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  4. A borough in Somerset County, New Jersey.
  5. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota.

Forms of Raritan

pluralRaritans
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Questions about Raritan

What does Raritan mean?
Raritan means a member of either of two groups of Lenape people who lived around the lower Raritan River and the Raritan Bay, in what is now northeastern New Jersey, in the 16th century.
What part of speech is Raritan?
Raritan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Raritan?
The plural of Raritan is Raritans.

Words near Raritan in the dictionary

  1. rarin'
  2. raring
  3. raris
  4. rarish
  5. rarissima
  6. Raritan
  7. Raritans
  8. raritie
  9. rarities
  10. rarity
  11. rark

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