Potowomut, Rhode Island

Potowomut (pot-uh-WAHM-ut[1]) is an isolated neighborhood and a peninsula in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is bordered by the Town of East Greenwich to the northwest, and by North Kingstown to the southeast. Greenwich Bay surrounds all other sides.

Potowomut's name translates to "land of fires", the Narragansett Indian name for the neck of land.

  1. ^ Farzan, Antonia Noori. "Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong". The Providence Journal. Retrieved July 4, 2024.