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# powhatan

noun (a name: Powhatan — a person, a people and a place)

«powhatan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Powhatan was the leader of a large group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes in what is now Virginia, USA, around 1600; he was the father of Pocahontas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#m1)
2. (a name) The Powhatan are the Native American people of that union of tribes, and their language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#m2)
3. (a name) A county and some places in Virginia are named Powhatan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#m3)

### In the lessons

In US history lessons it comes up with the English settlement of Jamestown (1607) and the story of Pocahontas. It is a name, not an ordinary English word. Phrases: «Chief Powhatan», «the Powhatan people», «the Powhatan Confederacy».

### Examples

- Powhatan led many tribes in the land the English called Virginia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x1)
- Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x2)
- The Powhatan people grew corn, beans and squash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x3)
- English settlers at Jamestown traded with the Powhatan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x4)
- Today Powhatan descendants still live in Virginia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x5)
- Our history book has a map of the Powhatan lands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x6)

### Note

Always written with a capital P. Pronounced roughly POW-uh-tan. His own name is often given as Wahunsenacawh; «Powhatan» was also the name of his home town and his people. Many Disney-style stories about this time are not accurate history.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «powhatan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«powhatan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/powhatan.html) on Mova free.