Why is Rhode Island called Rhode Island if it's not an island?
2006-08-06 01:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by Goddess Princess Minky 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The name, Rhode Island, actually refers to the largest island in Narragansett Bay, also known as Aquidneck Island, on which the city of Newport is located. Some historians think that Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano named it Rhode Island because of its similarity in shape to the Greek island of Rhodes. Rhode Island is nicknamed "The Ocean State".
2006-08-06 01:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by joanna 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was a colony settled by Roger Williams in the early 1600's. The original towns were actually on islands and peninsulas on the coast... hence the island name.
2006-08-06 08:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by cbnurse04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was named after a chicken!! You know Rhode Island Red!! It's a chicken..And you heard it here first from REAL Nutcase!!""NUT'S""..PS ..did i win...did i win...did i win???
2006-08-06 10:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by dl200558 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard that one before. It's just a name.
2006-08-06 08:38:35 · answer #4 · answered by miketorse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MMMMMMMMM Maybe they all just wanted to be like Hawaii :)
2006-08-06 08:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by southforty1961 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋