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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (commonly known as Rhode Island) is the smallest state by land area in the United States, and the state with the longest official name. Rhode (pronounced "Road") Island is part of the New England region, and was the first of the thirteen original American colonies to declare independence from British rule, signaling the start of the American Revolution.
The state's common 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. Aquidneck Island is also locally referred to as Newport - though it in fact has three distinct townships on it. The origin of the name is unclear. Some historians think that Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, upon discovering Block Island, just southwest in the Atlantic Ocean, named it Rhode Island because of its similarity in shape to the Greek island of Rhodes. Later settlers, mistaking which island Verrazzano was referring to, gave the name to Aquidneck Island instead. Other historians believe that the name is derived from Roodt Eylandt, old Dutch for "red island," given to the island by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block due to the red clay on the island's shore.
Despite most of the state being part of the mainland, the name Rhode Island leads some out-of-staters to believe—mistakenly—that the entire state is an island. Rhode Island is nicknamed "The Ocean State".
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so tired.I got ACCPETED TO JOHNSON & WALES IN RHODE ISLAND!!
barbara_isabel (Barbara Hernandez) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:14:51 -0000
so tired.I got ACCPETED TO JOHNSON & WALES IN RHODE ISLAND!!
BOX extends time of Gale Warning for ((ANZ256)), Buzzards Bay, Rhode Island Sound, Vineyard Sound [AN] till 1:... http://bit.ly/6skt5r
MassWeatherNet (Mass Weather Net) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:13:17 -0000
BOX extends time of Gale Warning for ((ANZ256)), Buzzards Bay, Rhode Island Sound, Vineyard Sound [AN] till 1:... http://bit.ly/6skt5r
@sandeeey we went to their office here in rhode island http://twitpic.com/reh72
DerekDecker (Derek) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:04:52 -0000
@sandeeey we went to their office here in rhode island http://twitpic.com/reh72
=( Been thinking about the Rhode Island mall and Linclon Malls today, saw them on deadmalls.com, i'm sad now, i miss them as lively malls.
SkyShark_X2 (Charles ) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:59:27 -0000
=( Been thinking about the Rhode Island mall and Linclon Malls today, saw them on deadmalls.com, i'm sad now, i miss them as lively malls.
@ErinHere Did not know about those!!! Can't find Rhode Island... Is it out of print?
mkindness (Michael Kindness) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:59:21 -0000
@ErinHere Did not know about those!!! Can't find Rhode Island... Is it out of print?
House on a Rock at Rhode Island http://su.pr/2kNJIe
fallingup79 (Lee Brown) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:49:01 -0000
House on a Rock at Rhode Island http://su.pr/2kNJIe
Butler Hospital - Private, nonprofit psychiatric hospital in Providence, affiliated with the Brown Medical School and offering treatment of psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse in adults, adolescents and children.
Meta Description: [ Butler Hospital is the only private, nonprofit adult, adolescent and child psychiatric and substance abuse hospital in Rhode Island. It provides treatment of all major psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse.
Butler is affiliated with the Brown Medical School and is the flagship for the depart ]
Kent Hospital - Acute care hospital in Warwick. Location, information about facilities and services, and links to related sites.
Rhode Island Eye Institute - Animated Information about eyes, eye diseases and surgery written entirely by an ophthalmologist for the public.
Rhode Island Hospital - Founded in 1863, a private, 719-bed, not-for-profit, acute care hospital and academic medical center in Providence.
Roger Williams Medical Center - A comprehensive health care institution offering a broad range of adult health care services to residents of Rhode Island.
South County Hospital - A full-service, regional health care resource serving residents of and visitors to southern Rhode Island.
St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island - An integrated system of Catholic health care providing for the people of Rhode Island, operating Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, and St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care.
The Westerly Hospital - Community hospital serving residents of Westerly, surrounding southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. Information about services, physicians, facilities, employment, and other topics.
Meta Description: [ Quality health care in South County Rhode Island. Westerly Hospital is located in Westerly, Rhode Island. ]
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