Hatteras

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/ˈhætəɹəs/

proper noun

A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.

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CroatoanHatteras Island
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hatorask

  1. A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA.
  2. A barrier island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States.

    I encountered that nagging worry everywhere on Hatteras. "Sometimes I feel like the whole island is closing in on me," Buxton high-school shop teacher Elvin Hooper told me.

    1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, pages 496-498

    Synonyms: Croatoan, Hatteras Island

  3. An unincorporated village in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
  4. abbreviationShort for Cape Hatteras, a cape on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA barrier island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States.

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CroatoanHatteras Island
Also see
cape hatterascroatancroatan islandcroatoan islandhatteras island

Origin

Uncertain, but probably from the local Algonquian language of the Hatteras Indians.

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Hatteras. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hatteras

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“Hatteras.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hatteras. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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