Hatteras en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhætəɹəs/
Etymology
Uncertain, but probably from the local Algonquian language of the Hatteras Indians.
Meanings
- A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
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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:
- An unincorporated village in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for Cape Hatteras, a cape on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States.
alt of Cape Hatteras
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