Aquidneck Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport.

Pronunciation

/əˈkwɪdnɪk/

Word forms

Aquidneck Island

Etymology

Borrowed from Narragansett aquidnet. Compare Proto-Algonquian *akwinteᐧwi (“in the water”), Mi'kmaq egwitg.

Synonyms

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