Abenaki
noun
- pl. Abenaki a member of a group of E Algonquian peoples living mainly in Maine and S Quebec
- any of the languages spoken by these peoples, esp. or
- these languages as a group
See Abenaki in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(äˌbə-näˈkē, ăbˌə-năkˈē) or Ab·na·ki (äb-näˈkē, ăb-)
noun pl. Abenaki Abenaki or
Ab·e·na·kis or
Abnaki or
Ab·na·kis In all senses also called
Wabanaki.
a. Any of various Native American peoples formerly inhabiting northern New England and southeast Canada, with present-day populations in Maine and southern Quebec.
b. A member of any of these peoples.
a. A confederacy of Abenaki and other peoples formed in the mid-18th century in opposition to the Iroquois confederacy and the English colonists.
b. A member of this confederacy.
- Either or both of the two Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.
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