Maliseet

(mălˈə-sētˌ) or Mal·e·cite (-sītˌ)

noun pl. Maliseet or Mal·i·seets or Malecite or Mal·e·cites
  1. a. A Native American people inhabiting the St. John River valley in New Brunswick and northeast Maine. The Maliseet helped form the Abenaki confederacy in the mid-18th century.
    b. A member of this people.
  2. The Algonquian language of the Maliseet.

Origin:

Origin: From Micmac malisiit, one who speaks an incomprehensible language

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