Abenaki Definition
äbə-näkē, ăbə-năkē
abenakis, abnaki, abnakis
noun
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.
American Heritage
A member of a group of E Algonquian peoples living mainly in Maine and S Quebec.
Webster's New World
Either or both of the two Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.
American Heritage
Any of the languages spoken by these peoples, esp. Eastern Abenaki or Western Abenaki.
Webster's New World
These languages as a group.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
An Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec. [early 18th century]
The Abenaki have unique customs.
Wiktionary
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]
Wiktionary
(in particular) The Western Abenaki language.
Wiktionary
adjective
Related or pertaining to the Abenaki people or language. [early 19th century]
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Abenaki
Noun
Singular:
AbenakiPlural:
abenakisOrigin of Abenaki
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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.
From Wiktionary
Probably Montagnais wabanăkiwek dawn land people, Abenaki
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
