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Narragansett Bay Indian Names
Narragansett Bay Indian Names
NAME1
TRANSLATION
Aquidneck2
Block Island
Coasters Harbor Island
Dutch Island
Fox Island
Goat Island
Gould Island
Hog Island
Jamestown (Canonicut Island)
Miantanomi (written Miantunnmu by Roger
Williams in 1643)
Narragansett
Patience Island
Pojack (Potock) Point
Prudence Island
Rose Island
Sachuest
Sakonnet
Wampanoag
Wannemetonomy
Sometimes multiple variants exist in spelling and translations of the original Indian terms, which typically
are highly corrupted (high noise); a few local Bay features were not identified by original name (e.g.,
islands called Gooseberry, Despair, Hope & Dyer)
2
Some think Aquidneck means Isle of Peace from Narragansett word aquene, but this is incorrect
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