Tsenacommacah (pronounced in English; "densely inhabited land"; also written
Tscenocomoco,
Tsenacomoco,
Tenakomakah,
Attanoughkomouck, and
Attan-Akamik) is the name given by the
Powhatan people to their native homeland, the area encompassing all of
Tidewater Virginia and parts of the
Eastern Shore. More precisely, its boundaries spanned by from near the south side of the mouth of the
James River all the way north to the south end of the
Potomac River and from the Eastern Shore west to about the
fall line of the rivers.