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Wampanoag definition

Wam·pa·noag (wäm′pə nō′ag′)

noun pl. Wampanoag -·ag′ or Wampanoags -·ags′

  1. a member of a loosely confederated group of Algonquian peoples in SE Massachusetts or their present-day descendants
  2. the extinct language of these peoples, comprising several dialects of Massachusett

Etymology: Narragansett, lit., people of the east

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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