Brown University, Brown - a university in Rhode Island

Shawnee cake - form of johnnycake

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

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

Colony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States