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Croatan
noun
Cro·atan
\¦krōə¦tan\
variants: less commonly
Croatan Indian
Definition of Croatan
-s
sometimes disparaging
: one of a group of people of mixed American Indian, white, and black ancestry in southern North Carolina and adjoining sections of South Carolina
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Origin and Etymology of croatan
from Croatan, island, off the coast of North Carolina
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