Pocasset

E854939
former place name historic settlement

Pocasset was the original name of what is now Portsmouth, a historic town on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island.

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Label Occurrences
Pocasset canonical 1

Statements (15)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCurrentSettlementOnSite Portsmouth, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial era ⓘ
languageOfName Indigenous language (likely Algonquian) ⓘ
locatedIn Aquidneck Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Narragansett Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Newport County, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
originalNameOf Portsmouth, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies (historical context) NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedByName Portsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portsmouth → originalName → Pocasset ⓘ
subject surface form: Portsmouth, Rhode Island