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aquidneck island

/əˈkwɪdnɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
aquid-neck- is-land
IPA
/əˈkwɪdnɪk/
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Rhode Island

Questions

How do you pronounce aquidneck island?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkwɪdnɪk/.
What does aquidneck island mean?
An island of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport.
Where does aquidneck island come from?
Borrowed from Narragansett aquidnet. Compare Proto-Algonquian *akwinteᐧwi (“in the water”), Mi'kmaq egwitg.

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