Abenaki

Ab·e·na·ki

pl. -·ki a member of a group of E Algonquian peoples living mainly in Maine and S Quebec
1. any of the languages spoken by these peoples, esp. Eastern Abenaki or Western Abenaki
2. these languages as a group

Origin of Abenaki

North American French Abénaki from eastern; English Abenaki w?pánahki, literally , easterner

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Abenaki

or Ab·na·ki

noun

pl. Abenaki, or Ab·e·na·kis or Abnaki or Ab·na·kis

A member of any of various Native American peoples formerly inhabiting northern New England and southeast Canada, with present-day populations in Maine and southern Quebec.
Either or both of the two Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.

Origin of Abenaki

Probably Montagnais wabanăkiwek dawn land people, Abenaki

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Proper noun

An Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec. [early 18th century]
The Abenaki have unique customs.
A complex of Eastern Algonquian lects, originally spoken in what is now Maine, and Quebec, divided into Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot). [early 20th century]
(in particular) The Western Abenaki language.

Noun

(plural Abenakis or Abenaki)

A member of this Algonquian First People. [early 18th century]
Two Abenakis greeted him.
Collective plural of Abenaki.

Adjective

(not comparable)

Related or pertaining to the Abenaki people or language. [early 19th century]

Origin

From French abénaqui, either from Montagnais ouabanākionek (“people of the eastern country”) or from the Western Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki or an Eastern Abenaki/Penobscot cognate of the same, from Algonquin.

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