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Pocahontas

(Encyclopedia) PocahontasPocahontaspōkəhŏnˈtəs [key], c.1595–1617, Native North American woman, daughter of Chief Powhatan. Pocahontas, meaning “playful one” (her birth name was Amonute, and her…

Pocahontas

Name at birth: MataoakaPocahontas was the nickname of Mataoaka, a young woman who became an emissary between native tribes and English setters in North America's early Colonial period. Pocahontas…

Delaware, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 DelawareDelawaredĕlˈəwâr, –wər, one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). It is bordered by Maryland (W,…