Who was Pocahontas ? How did she get her name ?
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Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the Powhatan Confederacy. She was favourite daughter of her father and attracted special notice for her beauty and liveliness. Hence she got the name Pocahontas which means 'playful one'.
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Pocahontas was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia.
Pocahontas was named Amonute at birth and went by the name Matoaka. She supposedly earned the nickname Pocahontas, which means “playful one,” because of her happy, inquisitive nature.