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Narragansett Bay   /nˌɛrəgˈænsət beɪ/   Listen
Narragansett Bay

noun
1.
A deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island.





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"Narragansett Bay" Quotes from Famous Books



... fertile and inviting territory to the southwest should long escape their notice. In 1629, De Rasieres, an envoy from New Amsterdam, was at Plymouth. He found the Plymouth people building a shallop for the purpose of obtaining a share in the wampum trade of Narragansett Bay; and he very shrewdly sold them at a bargain enough wampum to supply their needs, for fear they should discover at Narragansett the more profitable peltry trade beyond. This artifice only put off ...
— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 • Various


Words linked to "Narragansett Bay" :   bay, Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, embayment, RI


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