Noun | 1. | ![]() Brown University, Brown - a university in Rhode Island Shawnee cake - form of johnnycake U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut capital of Rhode Island, Providence - the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University Newport - a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center Narragansett Bay - a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island |