Etymology

Dare County

Today it means: The easternmost county of 100 in the U.S. state of North Carolina. County seat: Manteo. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Virginia Dare, the first child born in the Americas to English parents.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.