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NARRAGANSETT BAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Narragansett Bay mean? 

NARRAGANSETT BAY (noun)
  The noun NARRAGANSETT BAY has 1 sense:

1. a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Islandplay

  Familiarity information: NARRAGANSETT BAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NARRAGANSETT BAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)

Holonyms ("Narragansett Bay" is a part of...):

Little Rhody; Ocean State; R.I.; Rhode Island; RI (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state)


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