What does "powhatan" mean?

A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.

Powhatan

Common synonyms include: ethnic, indigenous, native, powhatan alliance, powhatan dialect, powhatan federation.

/paʊəˈtæn/ name, noun

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Noun

1
A member of a Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia.
2
the Algonquian language of the Powhatan wordnet
3
a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia wordnet

Proper Noun

1
Their eastern Algonquian language.
2
An unincorporated community, the county seat of Powhatan County, Virginia, United States.

"The Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 has been officially named Arrokoth, a Native American term meaning “sky” in the Powhatan/Algonquian language."