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Sowams

Sowams proper noun: a region of southern New England historically inhabited by the Pokanoket tribe, located in present-day Bristol County, RI and with influence extending to nearby parts of Providence County, RI and Bristol County, MA.

Proper noun

Sowams

  1. (historical or indigenous contexts) A region of southern New England historically inhabited by the Pokanoket tribe, located in present-day Bristol County, RI and with influence extending to nearby parts of Providence County, RI and Bristol County, MA.

Origin of Sowams

Borrowed from Massachusett [Term?].

Questions about Sowams

What does Sowams mean?
Sowams means a region of southern New England historically inhabited by the Pokanoket tribe, located in present-day Bristol County, RI and with influence extending to nearby parts of Providence County, RI and Bristol County, MA.
What part of speech is Sowams?
Sowams is a proper noun.

Words near Sowams in the dictionary

  1. sow-thistles
  2. Sowa
  3. Sowa-Rigpa
  4. sowability
  5. sowable
  6. Sowams
  7. sowan
  8. sowans
  9. sowar
  10. Soward
  11. Sowards

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