Hatteras.
A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
Meaning & usage
A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
A barrier island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States.
An unincorporated village in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
Short for Cape Hatteras, a cape on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain, but probably from the local Algonquian language of the Hatteras Indians.
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