pocahontas

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Definition von pocahontas im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a Native American woman

{i} Native American girl made famous for allegedly saving a white American settler from execution

a Native American woman, who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan of the Powhatan tribe. Pocahontas saved the life of Captain John Smith, leader of the English people who had gone to live in Jamestown, Virginia, when he was about to be killed by her father. She then helped to develop friendly relations between the English and the Native Americans. Later Pocahontas married an Englishman and went to England, where she died of smallpox (1595-1617). born 1595, near present-day Jamestown, Va., U.S. died March 1617, Gravesend, Kent, Eng. Powhatan Indian woman. Pocahontas helped maintain peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at Jamestown, Va. Daughter of the powerful chief Powhatan, Pocahontas intervened to spare the life of the colony's captive leader, John Smith. She subsequently converted to Christianity and wedded the colonist John Rolfe, which furthered efforts toward peace. She traveled to England, where she was received at court, but she died of smallpox there

a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)

Silbentrennung

Po·ca·hon·tas

Türkische aussprache

pōkıhäntıs

Aussprache

/ˌpōkəˈhäntəs/ /ˌpoʊkəˈhɑːntəs/

Etymologie

[ "pO-k&-'hän-t&s ] (biographical name.) After Pocahontas, a famous young Native American woman