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Hatteras en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhætəɹəs/

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from the local Algonquian language of the Hatteras Indians.

Meanings

  1. A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
  2. A barrier island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States.
    • I encountered that nagging worry everywhere on Hatteras. "Sometimes I feel like the whole island is closing in on me," Buxton high-school shop teacher Elvin Hooper told me. 1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, pages 496-498:
  3. An unincorporated village in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for Cape Hatteras, a cape on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States.

Forms

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Hatorask alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Cape Hatteras

Synonyms

Hatteras Island · Croatoan