[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/powhatan.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / powhatan

[← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/P/)

# powhatan

«powhatan» in Mova's school dictionary: **Powhatan was the leader of a large group of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a name: Powhatan — a person, a people and a place)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Powhatan was the leader of a large group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes in what is now Virginia, USA, around 1600; he was the father of Pocahontas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#m1)

2) (a name) The Powhatan are the Native American people of that union of tribes, and their language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#m2)

3) (a name) A county and some places in Virginia are named Powhatan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In US history lessons it comes up with the English settlement of Jamestown (1607) and the story of Pocahontas. It is a name, not an ordinary English word. Phrases: «Chief Powhatan», «the Powhatan people», «the Powhatan Confederacy».

### examples

- Powhatan led many tribes in the land the English called Virginia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x1)
- Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x2)
- The Powhatan people grew corn, beans and squash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x3)
- English settlers at Jamestown traded with the Powhatan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x4)
- Today Powhatan descendants still live in Virginia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x5)
- Our history book has a map of the Powhatan lands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/#x6)

### note

Always written with a capital P. Pronounced roughly POW-uh-tan. His own name is often given as Wahunsenacawh; «Powhatan» was also the name of his home town and his people. Many Disney-style stories about this time are not accurate history.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «powhatan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.